Merry Meet I wanted to let everyone know who told me not to get my hopes up when they contacted me out of the blue and asked if they could do a segment on my ferret after I entered a contest through The Parade section in the paper last year. You were right. I jumped through every hoop imaginable. I'm disabled now due to a workers comp injury to my spine and back and I have bad knees and still I managed to borrow a camera to get film shot the best I could, I took pictures. I did everything. I swapped days off at work to come to Orlando. I had to pay to park and wait around. It was not a good experience for Hughbie who was unhappy that he was alone in the carrier and it was hot. I admit she has a presence with animals, but she barely wanted to touch him, they warned me she's slightly deaf and to speak clearly and loudly and she claimed the he was a biter because he had nipped me as I tried to loosen his harness. But he was in a strange place, and I guess I would be cranky too if I had been stuck in a carrier all day. Except Hughbie doesn't bite, he is not a biter. She claims that he said I deserved. And then went on to say that Hughbie loves my husband best, something I already knew. At the end they coach you as to what to say. She did not say anything that was of interest at all. Including we noticed that morning that one of his paws was swollen and I asked her about it and she said that the ferret had no idea and that it wasn't hurting him. That appeared to be the only part that was true. We came home disappointed. But Husband stopped at one of my favorite steakhouses, Hops and we brought Hughbie in with us and then after I had to send my steak back 4 times, the meal ended up free and we put Hughbie on the table and fed him some strawberry cheesecake which he loved. Manager just laughed. They finally send our stuff back and said there was no place in this seasons shows to put HUghbie's behavior segment. Its not like I came to them. They called me. I did not even get a copy of the video they took. The only thing I can say that she does have a calming presence about her because when she touched him, he curled up in a ball and went to sleep and stayed like that the entire time. But Hughbie is very open to that sort of thing as he is one of my totem animals, he will sometimes join me in a circle on full moon nights. But if you ever get a call... be weary. Sincerely., Margaret H ,',', __ \ `'`,/ \ ()o=; `'`','`/ . \/ / ( / \" / \(_ \(_ Brightest Blessings for Ferrety Days [Posted in FML issue 4073]