Some people wear school colors, others wear team colors. Lately I wear alot of orange. The 9 resident ferrets here caught a cold/ virus and their vet had recommended orange pediatric alcohol/aspirin free Triaminic every 4-8 hours....easy enough. I have administered lots of different medications in my years of being a ferret owner, how difficult can this be? Freshly showed and dressed, I emerge downstairs to give the ferrets their new medicine. Having plenty of experience in the past administering all types of meds including Flagyl, I was familiar with their ability to fling unwanted medicine around. After giving 6 out of the 9 their orange concoction I am successfully off to work. Frequently during the day, co-workers ask "what are the orange spots on your arm, your face, your clothes, your legs....legs? How did they get it there? The next day I think I am prepared for the little sharpshooters.... freshly showered. dressed, and make up-ed for work I hold each ferret away from me and give the orange goo. I look myself over and ha....no orange spots, and I smirked knowing I got the best of the situation and went off to work. Again my co-workers point out the decoration of the orange on my clothes, in my hair, on my arms, on my eyelids....what! Never been known for giving up, I wear armor the next morning to the medication session....a plastic haircutting cape, this will surely do it. One by one the ferrets strategically fling the orange goo like a precisely guided missle all over the cape, christening it's cleanliness. Off to work once more with my co-workers and clients pointing out the orange spots I have become so familiar with the last few days. I have been baptised again! Oh well, it's just one more step in the progression of being a full fledged ferret owner, so I stop to think, "I'm proud to wear the orange! Lynn Barker please check out my web site: http://fuzzysleepcenter.terrabox.com/ my items can also be found at http://stores.ebay.com/things4feritz in Lynn's Fuzzy sleep shoppe proud member of S.A.F.E. www.saferrets.org join our ferret craft group [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 4841]