It is with the greatest honor I find that my most beloved pet, Byte-me, will be one of those chosen to populate the shelter fund calendar. Some most sincere and kind person submitted the picture of Byte-me and paid for it in my behalf, from the very bottom of my heart I am most grateful for this act of kindness. I am honored that Byte-me will continue to give to me by helping other ferrets thru this funding effort. Thru the years most that read the FML have read of the tragedies and fun times I have had with Byte-me and followed her history to the end. When she passed about a month ago I told of this on the FML, there were a hundred e-mail to me and I sent that pic back thanking each person. Byte-me was a Marshal farms store bought fert, my very first fert. When she was very young she bit so much I almost got rid of her but she grew out of it and grew into my heart as well. I had unknowingly set a couch on her and she was found unconscious and seemingly not breathing. Very late on that Saturday night I was beside myself having found that limp lifeless body. Pacing back and forth I petted her with no alternatives to turn to in this moment of tragedy. I almost put her in a plastic bag to freeze her to have her stuffed when I noticed the most slight heaving of her chest. She was breathing! L I B !!!! (southern for Well I'll Be !!!) Had to hold her for the next 3 hours where she would try to raise her head but couldn't. Eventually I set her on a towel beside me but she would not sit still unless my hand was on her so I did that for the next 12 hours, all night! She survived but had the heal of broken rib cage rest of her life and walked with a strange gait from other injury. But she survived and remained my best friend for nearly 7 years. Byte-me is buried with Podo, Kodo, Bud, and Nibble-ed. All of them I miss dearly. Such good little animals they are. Again, for the person that funded and submitted Byte-me's Pic I can not thank you enough for this honor. Dooks ! Gordon, Mr. Clean and Rug Lumper Missing Podo, Kodo, Bud, Nibble-ed and Byte-me [Posted in FML issue 4969]