HI friends! Whooo Hoo! What a long time I had to wait to get here again! You would not believe me if I told you all that has been going on here at the shelter -- My furry head is spinning! You see Mom was 'sposed to be going someplace a while ago and shelter Dad was home- but sumpin' happened and she could not leave so we had 2 folks to watch us all That was special cuz wouldn't you know 2 more kids needed to come here- In pop Red & Robin young uns that ended up in a shelter only 3.5 weeks after leaving a pet store. They had to be quarantined and have them ABC's checked and al l- Now they is looking for a new place to live- so I had to get them ready and teach them ferret necessaries! Well It was about the Fireworks day and MOM had gotten us lots of chew toys so we could celebrate the 4th - things were kinda hectic in the shelter with new young kits and all- so in her confusion on the 2nd of July I decided to- distribute and consume all the chew toys! Yes sirree after all the kids needed to see how it works. So I climbed up the carrier cage and found a BIG BAG of chewy toys Mom didn't hide good I knocked it down- Nestle came and helped and we hid them all over the shelter. Mom said there was a hundred but I think she missed some :) ANyway we ALL had a great time Marie , Annabella, Nestle & Me we ate the points off the stars and played stash the prize. WOW that night Mom couldn't believe it- she wouldn't have known except when she found me I was sleeping next to a stack of 6 I had planned to finish! Around the shelter she flew like a mad lady picking them up, packing them away- you spoiled the celebration she said - well I thought we had celebrated just fine! It was the following day we got the 4th of July early- the day was normal until about the time Dad came home from work- all of a sudden sparkly lights was in the windows and ladders was on the porch and I could hear tromping up & down the stairs- then a funny smell was creeping in the shelter from under the door. Mom appeared and said she was staying with us all and not to worry- it was still kinda stinky in there- and the lights went out! The bad part was it was a HOT day and the A/c stopped running too- we was all a wondering what was a going on-- Mom said not to worry she was with us. Dad popped in and Mom said they cannot go out it is too hot I will stay here. A few minutes later the Dad appeared again with helpers they found a hotel - kind of where we could go. SO all us kids were put in tiny crates and cages and lots of hands were picking us up and taking us out - THE BACK WAY-- oooh nooo no one ever goes out the back way- it is dark in there- the bags of dirty litter go out there- I was scared - would we ever come back? MOM?? Mom came too- we were at a house that Ruth lives in she let all of the ferrets in her dining room and her living room for how ever long we needed to. Well she never had a ferret there was more than 30 ferrets in those two rooms but Mom said we were safe! It was a LOOOONG time before we could come back in the middle of the late night when all of a sudden we was getting picked up and carried back into the shelter- Mom was cleaning cages and getting things fixed up almost like before there was still a funny smell but things looked the same. She said that Ewok & Bear had been lookin' out and made sure we could come home! Hey thanks guys! We didn't like this game and for several days me, Nestle , Marie and Annabelle were biting Mom for the scarey day! Mom said the lectric had a fire- well lets not do that again! It is good to be back at the shelter what a busy week the new kids had hope they don't think that is regular! Please check the ebay auctions- Mom has some neat things listed as we recover form the 4th-- I hope we never get to celebrate AGAIN! http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems &userid=creativekolor&include=0&since=-1&sort=3&rows=25 Your buddy- Jerimiah ferretwise mascot, Ferret Wise Shelter www.ferretwise.org [Posted in FML issue 3848]