Hey Folks. Got to get up to date with all the FML. My most deeply felt condolences to all the parents of all Angled Fur babies out there. We have lost two fur babies in the last two months. Jacob is still with us but the mass in his mouth is still growing. We are trying everything possible. Please keep him in your prayers and thoughts. We lost Morgan to this crud about two months ago. Before that we lost Gunner to it as well. Dunno if we have a "cell" here or just what is is. The vet thinks it is a fast growing soft tissue cancer. I hate cancer. We lost Slinky about two weeks ago due to age (she was 10) and a probable heart attack. I came home and found her in her sleeping sack were she had passed. A side note to all shelter folks, I am, like you, over whelmed at times with the death and dying side of running a shelter, but if we don't do it who will? I didn't start out to run a shelter but here it is over three years later and I just took in another three about three months ago...so!!! My hat is off to all of you that runs shelters. Been here and still doing that!! God Bless our shelter parents!!! On a more positive note...I have seen the Verizon commerical...and I laughed my head off!!! Folks, look at it...The guy is sitting on a couch teasing this Budwieser Ferret lookalike. OK? With me so far? OK so the guy sticks his tongue out at the fret. The frets "nails" him right on the tongue. The fool gets what he deserved Right??? Right??? Right!!! LOL. Hey folks, I'd go to any lengths for a ferret. Even my co-workers who know me and think I am nuts know how far I'd go to help a fret. This commerical, I think is so funny that folks who see it will root for the ferret!!! I did!! LOL. As to the Maximum Cat/kitten food at Walmart, I know shelter folks who have been using it for about a year now. Yes it is that good!! I use it and ProPlan Kitten kibble for the base of my soup that I feed the sick and ill frets here. OBTW we have a real live Ferret club here in Reno now!! We have the Northern Nevada Ferret Network up and running with a real board of directors and officers. Yeppers, we are on the move. We are in the process of getting up a mission plan and our 501C (I think that is right) tax exempt status papers in order. WE are getting serious here about dem fret thingies...LOL!! No I am not on the board right now but I am having health issues right now. Still broke out with that iching crud BUT IT IS NOT THE BABIES!!! (even if it is....It Ain't!!!) After All It IS For The Ferrets!!! Best Regards Fred Hurd Reno. [Posted in FML issue 3882]