HI All! Jerimiah here-- yes the handsome young lad with a spot of chocolate on his side! Oh! what a cold day it was today the wind has been blowing outside and the air is nippy!-- shelter mum had to pull the curtains when the wind blew it made cold air swirl in the shelter-- felt kind of like diggin' in the snow -- but not wet! Man I LIKE the snow stuff! We get big play tubs with snow in it-- and the Snowman-- he showed me how to dig a tunnel all the way through it. Of course when I skooch inside my sides got cold! Mom fids the tubs the ferreteers play in get used for a litter box! Hahahaha we knows better than that! When the snow starts to melt-- why I start digging it all over the floor. Mom was running around putting towels down the other day-- but her socks still got wet! :) Well the little ol gal June's Angel left today for her hospice home. Her new hospice Mom Marilyn will take good care of her. She will live with Storm. Storm had a vet appt today she has a small bump on her tail- the vet Dr Winnie thinks it might be a small injury and put her on amoxy-- they will wait & see-- meanwhile the hospice Mom Marilyn plans the help Junie's Angel gain some weight and settle down-- she is such a nervous gal guess they get that in Jersey!! Well I hear that Brodie had to visit Dr George today-- he has been having some trouble with a foot-- and unfortunately while Brodie's blood sugar looked good they had some sad news his leg won't get better. His hospice Mom is sposed to give him lots & lots of love & care. Now , I wasn't here but I heared that poor Brodie thought he was a stolen ferret when he arrived at the shelter -- REALLY! He wouldn't eat or anything!! -- that was more than 4 years ago and he now loves every day.. he has a great home & a room with 3 kitties he adores. I hope that Brodie will have a great birthday on Feb 14th! He is going to be 8 years old on Valentines day the vet said to hug him lots, and give him as much play time as he wants-- what a good vet! Big ol' Bear is still up with shelter mom & dad -- he sleeps lots but still eats lots of kibble and takes his vitamins-they are giving him some fluids at night which perks him up a lot-- he still makes the trek to the cheerio bowl every day! NOw that is a shelter Mascot yes sirree! - I hear that they will all be gathering to wish him a happy birthday on Saturday the 17th-- and they are going to have spaghetti instead of pizza -- O MAN!!! I really wish someone would bring me a slice of pizza! Shelter mom even made some hammies with pizza on them-- maybe she will let me have that kind of pizza... hammock pizza??? Well, we had special folks here at the shelter-- and they picked me out RIGHT AWAY! That is right on the weekend Lisa & Tom came to Ferret Wise, they had been up for Ferretstock, but never been to the shelter. I was afraid when they first arrived they would take all my friends away-- but nope -- and I am glad cause we just got our teams all set up for our shelter raids! Lisa & Tom brought CHEERIO'S A really a BIG box of Cheerio's and JUST IN TIME-- the box from Christmas was almost gone. Mom popped the top of the box and I was right there trying to get some out-- but I couldn't get through the bag-- then she opened it up-- we all dug some out and pushed them on the floor-- Then Lisa knew how we had so much fun before with them Cheerio's toys! mMM,MMMM, GOOD! She also brought the mom some pretty flowers--well I never seen these things before so I had to put my nose right in 'em-- man what a neat smell-- I wanted to take them right into my cage-- but they caught me! Poor me! Mom got some little foil hearts with chocolate in 'em she was so surprised. The folks played with us and talked for a long time-- they brought some paper towels -- but Mom put them up so the ferreteer kids couldn't make paper snow again in the shelter--DARN! :( Then they went shopping over in the hammy store before the said goodbye -- sigh... It was such a nice day -- and I couldn't let Tom go without giving him a little Jerimiah nip-- just so he knew he really met me! :) Come on back again-- I really like playing with you guys! They loaned shelter Mom a picture of their ferret who loves pizza just like me-- it is on the eBay auction for the pizza hammie-- I am cuter but he is okay too you can see him at: Pizza dig resist hammie ends 2/17 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=558751756 also a few other goodies can be found at: ferret cookie cutter set ends 2/16 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=558160232 Hot chili pepper sleeper ends 2/17 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=558753086 Spring flowers sleeper ends 2/17 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=558909581 Of course all these goodies help us kids-- they give us the best kibbles, and clean fresh sleep sacks & bedding for resting, lots of snacks & ferretone.. and even pay the vets if we get sick-- gosh please don't give us a cold-- if you want to visit-- leave your colds at home! Mom always makes us rest more if we get a cold! I will let you know how everyone is doing -- cause thats one of my very important jobs at Ferret Wise hugs-- Jerimiah, Jr Mascot, Ferret Wise Shelter www.ferretwise.org [Posted in FML issue 3327]