Six more Utah Fuzzies tested negative for ADV! All of these fuzzies are so precious. Let me tell you about a few that I've had the pleasure to meet. Sweetie and Daisy are both older females. The first time I touched Sweetie through her cage (she was sleeping and I didn't want to disturb her), I felt only fur over bones. I was shocked and it takes a lot to shock me. Fortunately for Sweetie she picked the perfect family member to bond to - the husband. He carried Sweetie around for hours at a time. She was gently fed and cuddled till she started feeling better and now she is a very comfortable old gal, in love with and they with her, her new family. Daisy didn't have much weight on her either though she had more than Sweetie. She had the blackish tarry diarrhea and also was gently hand fed and medicated. She lost a bit of weight but is now happily on the mend. When I visited the other day, she was constantly wanting the wife to hold her or wanting in the kitchen with the husband. When I held her she wanted to go back to the wife. :-) The bonding of these two old ladies to their new family is heartwarming. I know they will be safe and well loved and cared for, for the remainder of their lives. Bitsy is a biter. She doesn't know how to play and her muscle tone is so poor it was only recently that she was strong enough to climb a ramp. She sometimes walks around looking so confused. I'm guessing mild brain damage which I've seen before in confinement cases. She bites and that is the way it is. She's older too and her teeth are dull so the bites aren't as painful as they could be. But with the blank eyes it's best to not discipline her and only to try and avoid the biting situations. Perhaps in time she'll come around, but she's in a loving home and will be fine either way. Oh, and she has a swollen vulva and rough coat so as soon as she is strong enough and settled in, she'll be scheduled for surgery. The group of 4 are doing nicely. They are learning how to be ferrets and enjoying their new friends. Muscle tone is still weak and they sleep and flat ferret a lot but they are growing stronger. It's a site to see them all pile into one hammock! Please donate to SOS so the medicals on the others that need it will be taken care of so they too can find wonderful families to love and to love them. These precious fuzzies deserve all we can give them. They've suffered for so long and now our goal is to make life good for them, but we can't do it alone, we need your help. We have the group in Wyoming that will need homes and the group in Florida too. There are singles and pairs and triplets to place. There may be a few left to place at Julie Fossa's and at Tracy's as well. Please help us find loving responsible homes for these little ones. If you aren't in these areas but you can open your heart and home to a fuzzie, check the FML for others that might need a home in your area. There have been many postings lately of fuzzies needing new homes and shelters with plenty of little ones to place. Come on people! Let's help any way we can! My challenge still stands for donating $5 to SOS. PayPal works well! :-) Warm hugs to all. tle Troy Lynn Eckart Ferret Family Services http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~sprite/ffs.html http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Haven/5481/ Please sign up to support our charity http://www.iGive.com/html/ssi.cfm?cid=46&mid=58395 [Posted in FML issue 3558]