Well my Miss Nettles was selected for the FML calendar. She is VERY excited! She doesn't have any great rescue story --- after several years of being part of shelter support with MetroFerret in NJ/NY I wanted a baby! She and her brother were given to me by a local woman -- with a small breading operation. Her 1/2 brother A-Rod is in this year's calendar. I named both kits after famous Yankee third baseman hoping that it would get my dad (and my baseball mentor) to be a little more interested in them -- it didn't work for Dad but it makes my non-ferret owning friends laugh about how I combined my big obsessions. As for Nettles, she is a petite cinnamon girl , just 16 months old -- she actually doesn't mind being held and loves belly scratches while she is in your arms. She is a kissy little lady and just a joy! Last fall her breeder Mom had some personal issues and a local shelter helped to re-home her ferrets. Nettles Mother, Mama was quickly adopted by me and added to the "Kohrs Klan". Mama is a beautiful petite albino. Last month when Nettles (and A-Rod's) father, Buck, was still in the shelter I agreed to foster him. He's a bit of an Alpha male but had Nettles' big brown eyes and cinnamon coat and gives kisses too. Any time I think of asking the shelter Mom for a different foster because Buck is a little rough I go in to the ferret room to find Nettles, Buck, and Mama in a hammock together like the traditional "family bed" -- how can I resist. I know Nettles doesn't know she's a calendar girl or that she's still living with her parents but I am VERY proud of her and lover her to bits! Kristeen [Posted in FML issue 4983]