Well, I was overwhelmed with e-mails from all over regarding changes for the reprinting of Ferrets for Dummies. I submitted ALL of the ones I got. Some of the information was rather conflicting, so I hope my changes are accurate. I am apologizing upfront for incorrect submissions or if something didn't get sent in to the publisher. This past Wed I was told I had until Monday to send everything in. Not a lot of time, especially since I was gone all weekend - Hey, I have to play sometimes too! Then today (Monday) I was told that I only had til 9:00 am to get things in, so they basically took away the Monday they promised. If you sent something to my PALOSZOO addy last night or today, it was not submitted in time. I'm sorry. Additionally, I was warned today by my editor that we only have a few pages to play with, so changes to existing information was priority. She seemed rather tentative about adding new information since it would require major changes to more pages than was allowed. So, if additions don't get in, again I apologize. All I can do is all I can do.........the rest is out of my hands. I DID insist they find room for my small blurb and website addys on ADV. They will hear from me if they drop that ball. You really have NO idea how many bad e-mails are out there for shelters. I'd say 75% of my e-mails to shelter contacts bounced back. And the bigger people (FML, STAR and Ferret Central) who try to keep track of all this for ferret owners don't seem to get a lot of help either. SHELTERS: Please be helpful, and remember to update at least those 3 shelter trackers when a change is made to your contact info, physical address, e-mail addy or website addy. And tell them if you move or close down. I, for one, learned the hard way about asking for changes. I will be using the FML or START shelter list for the next reprint and second edition, because doing it the other way (asking individually) is just too time consuming. Hats off to the people who try to keep these shelter lists current. It's a chore! Finally, I did not include any phone numbers despite a few requests. Really, if phone numbers change as often as e-mail addys, there would be some pretty upset people out there getting ferret calls! I couldn't say yes to a few and no to others, so no phone numbers were included. Sorry. Kim S [Posted in FML issue 3789]