This is the first real year without my mom.. And I missed her so very much this holiday.. She loved Christmas. She would start shopping and get her two daughters shopping by July! Without her this year we were all struggling to get things done. As long as I kept busy I was fine.. which with a full time job and a shelter and fuzzies of my own it was pretty easy.. I hope everyone had a good holiday and hope that this finds everyone doing well. for those with sick fuzzies or fuzzies that have crossed over. my prayers and thoughts are with you. Last year on Christmas Eve we had to help Rocky cross over to the bridge. last year really sucked! We had 7 ferrets pass, and my mom and Shawns dad.. This year only 2 so far. and hoping to keep it that way! Bugz is now at 2.03 pounds! He still looks old. but hay. 12+ years old now I guess we can't complain! He's just an old guy.. He's also Princess Peppers Fuzzy Daddy. Her Fuzzy mom is actually here for a visit too. We are boarding her and her cagemate over the holidays. but no. they don't get along with Bugz or Pepper. Pepper tries to hurt her. that's why we adopted Flower out. She is the smallest ferret I have seen. She's about 8 years old and is 10 inches long.. 13 inches with her tail! Yep! SMALL! Our adrenal and insulinomic boy Zues is doing good. He's even growing some hair! Gotta love winter! Our other adrenal girl Nibbles is doing fine. Chris found out the other day how hard she bites! He took her out of her sleep sack instead of letting her come out on her own. well if you do that she gets moody and will bite. just to let you know she wasn't ready to wake up! We did get in a new girl. Had to purchase her from the pet store. She had been there for almost 2 months and was a bad biter.. They were using gloves with her.. I understood why when we held her. but still! We took her home and let her run around without handling her too much for the first 2 days. then started. and you can now pick her up with her only mouthing your arm or hand. Still working on face (Shawn has a nice long scar on his nose thanks to her) and legs and toes :-) Princess Pepper will have a post for you all tomorrow..so keep your eyes open! Joanne www.geocities.com/ferretcorneraz [Posted in FML issue 4741]