HI ALl- shelter Mom here-- are we a busy little place. Marie is recovering form exploratory surgery-the tiny gal had a large chunk of very soft rubber in her belly and an insulinoma tumor on her pancreas. Recovery is slow but she was ambling about tonight- belly still hurts a lot. Otherwise Disney is healed from surgery but still a very slow lady... we will be monitoring blood glucose- even though no noticeable islet cell tumors were on her pancreas at surgery 10 days ago. The winter is upon us and the shelter folks are looking into ways to finally replace the drafty windows with insulated ones to reduce heat loss and avoid winter colds with ferrets in the shelter -- please watch our ebay auctions listed under seller : creativekolor to help us out! We have yet another new face at Ferret Wise "Charles" DOB 7-29-01, a hooded boy with white chest & kneepads. Charles arrived ina igloo cooler ( which was taken away) because he sometimes misses the litterbox! :( He is currently in quarantine & will need vaccinations prior to adoption. Please email for a pic forwarded of the new kid-- or to request adoption information. Jerimiah will be updating soon- he has several ferrets corresponding directly to him and has been a busy boy. Ferret Wise will hold the annual Holiday Open House Sat Dec. 8 from 11AM-3PM. Beverages, munchies complimentary- shop for gifts for ferrets & friends- all benefit shelter programs at Ferret Wise. Raffles (15) will be drawn at 2:30 PM. Also the drawing for the 2001 Holiday Quilt will be drawn Dec 8th at 3 PM. QUILT RAFFLE - Tickets for the Handsome King / Queen size patchquilt created and donated by Cynthia Sullivan, quilt artist & adoptive ferret Mom, created in Victorian colors are available through Ferret Wise Shelter email [log in to unmask] Winner need not be present guaranteed to ship for Holiday delivery (US) . Photo of quilt is available - please email [log in to unmask] to request quilt pic! PROCEEDS from the quilt raffle benefit ferret wise shelter programs. [Posted in FML issue 3600]