I just spent a pleasant weekend with Alicia and Dino from FerretWise. Bruno needed adrenal surgery and my vet is on a six month maternity leave. I took him for the 9-hour drive to NH to see shelter mom and Dr. Winnie. Surgery went great, but he was *very* upset with both of us. He narrowed his little eyes and gave us a look that could have struck us down on the spot after he woke up. He is now three days post-op and is eating, drinking and walking around almost like normal. Alicia and Dino are gracious hosts and made feel very welcome and cared-for my entire visit. While there I got to visit with the shelter kids. Hammie and Spats were adopted out to new homes on Saturday. They both looked very happy to be going. Spats actually told his new mommy that she was *going* to take him home. Alicia has done wonders with the fur kids. Last time I was up was almost two years ago. A couple of kids who are permanent residents are still there, but are much more mellow. Marie and Annabelle didn't bite her at all. She said Jeremiah has mellowed alot-then handed him to me (mostly asleep) to put in his play area. I was startled and a little concerned, so I quickly and gently put him in his play room. As soon as his feet hit the floor he realized I wasn't Alicia and looked at me as if to say "Darn, I could have tasted you!" Some starved PetCo kids were fat and sassy and gave lots of love. I especially fell in love with Harry and his special friend Curly. If we didn't already have so many kids I would have taken them home. Unfortunatly, they are older and need to be "only ferrets." It broke my heart to leave them. Oh, well, I know they are in the best of hands. Alicia is getting ready to raffle off a beautiful quilt. She is only selling 250 tickets, so I'd encourage anyone who is interested to contact her as soon as possible. [Posted in FML issue 4125]