Pictures of tiny old Maria WITH FUR are now up because of the kindness of Extremeweezils.com. This site has been my late night relaxation and party time: looking at cams and movies and reading chronicles. They have won numerous awards, had articles in ferret magazines, and give a great deal to the ferret community. They are very special people. Some of you over the months have asked for an update on the ferret that was bald and purple and burnt with this monstrous pussy thing jutting out of her, and scars and scabs and part of her tail missing. My thanks to all of you. With the Utah ferrets, and shipping off ferret art, and Sept. 11th, and getting together gifts for GCFA, and then the show I just attended? I just never got off the pics to extremeweezils.com. Currently-Maria is hiding from her warm breakfast. I have to syringe feed her now for some reason. I think she has taken a liking to the cats kibble. But she hopped and toddled, ran through tubes, pooped in several interesting locations, and pestered several of the large ferrets just yesterday. She is so tiny compared to Sunny -it is like a miniature poodle playing with a Boxer. Her knick name in my mind is C. She curls up in a C: not all the way like the other ferrets. And all too often-her little poopies come out in the shape of a C. She rolls on her back for mock battle in a C. In my mind during the day-I see her little being in a C shape. My tiny old girl. From furless and blistered and purple-to the big pretty head with unusual markings on a tiny body she is now: I find her enchanting and irresistible. She was so malnourished, the vet said, that the x-rays with bubbles that concerned the vets was really a result of severe malnutrition. The result is this ferret the size of a 4 month old, with the body and head proportions of a ferret not full grown. I want to protect her and kiss her and stare at her.... I want to stop stepping barefoot in her little C poop with that touch of slime.(Dr. says this is o.k. for her.) I think of her as I drive home. She is the reason I might just smile out of nowhere in the middle of my day. Thank you once again Extremeweezils-for your site, for your community support, and for your helping me with the expense of Marias surgery. Lisette [Posted in FML issue 3759]