it's been SUCH a busy week! we had an auntie and a great-auntie visit us from Tonawanda, NY on Thursday. it was so nice to meet another face from the ferret list! they brought some treats and bedding with them and i got to sleep in it! mommie wanted me to say, "OK, who did that?!" to whomever sent the ferret baby carriage. "it's BEAUTIFUL!" she said. "Thank you!!!"...i'm the smarter one of the 2 of us and i'll be calling the Ferret Store to find out who you are. then mommie can call you to thank you. Jill, auntie Reb's kid passed away this week. she was adopted by auntie Rebecca from us way back at Ferrets 2000. Jill had a brother, Jack, who passed on just before Ferrets 2000 and auntie Reb decided to take Jill and love her. We're all real sorry to hear she's gone. Auntie Debbie's dad passed away this week too. she's been a great volunteer to our shelter and we were all sad for her. our thoughts and love are with her now. Druid did well for a few days and his poop *started* too look normal. then, he did a bad boy thingy again. he ate 1/4 of a tennis ball! now we need to do emergency surgery AGAIN! he's still in quarantine for a bite, but we're hoping he'll pull through this surgery and after that, NO MORE TOYS! none of us can believe he was strong enough to bite through a big tennis ball, but, boy did he ever! if he pulls through, there is a wonderful lady who wants to adopt him and give him a forever home (with no toys :-} ). He'll be at the vet's again on Saturday, please, please keep this kid in your thoughts. he means a lot to mommie and to the rest of us. he's just so misunderstood. we found homes for some of our kids this week too. Flora & Fauna went to a great home. they won't have any brothers or sisters but they have each other. Chillie went to a home on her own too but she didn't like other ferrets anyway. Our little Chudley played a terrible trick on auntie Paige. when she wasn't looking he broke a full bottle of Tone all over the floor of the ferret room. when auntie Paige came back into the room, she slipped and fell and bumped her head because the floor was COVERED with Tone! Chudley just chuckled and bounced around saying "aren't i cute?!" auntie Paige wasn't impressed and i'm sure Chudley would have been in a lot of trouble if he wasn't so cute! please keep auntie Bonnie & uncle Nigel's kids in your prayers. they aren't feeling so good. it's nothing too serious but they still need our well wishes! Love, Harley "Bug" The Ferret Aid Society "For The Love of Our Fuzzy Friends" http://www.ferretaid.org Donate to our shelter on-line http://www.canadahelps.org/public/content/Donate/DispCharityProfile.asp ?cid=55479&lang=e [Posted in FML issue 3801]