Hi friends! It's me your favoritey chocolate spotted DEW ferret! Here at FerretWise Sumpin's ALWAYS Happenin! Now we got lots of ferrets in lately Several of them are older kids... There was a group of 4 that got turned back in... 2 older kids one which came from here 4.5 years ago , the older orginal ferret kid and two younger ones which came from a Petco -- and all 4 were not getting the care they were 'sposed to. You see the original kid came to adopt with his parents, now he is 21 years old , out working and the Dad which is away for days at a time - well he kept finding the ferts w/o water or food. In the end it seems they were buying the youngest ones and tossing em in the cage hoping to make the older ones happier? So he called the Mom here and -- in they came. Now Mom of course felt sad they had to come back. The older kids never get adopted and one of the 2 , Not our kid, was suspect for illness. He would get sick once in a while etc. and was crabby to the other ferrets. Mom sent him over to aunt Judy's (St Gregory's hospice in Manchester) so she could watch him closer. He, Sandro is a great tiny boy for 6.5 years-- but there was all this screaming every time a nudder ferret was near. He and the other new kid got their medic al check ups last week - and Dr George took blood on Sandro cuz he flt a lumpy in his gut. Now things are looking like he has a mass to remove-- or hopefully just a piece of something he should' na eaten or MAYBE a big hairball? The blood work didn't show anything so on Monday as you are reading this - Sandro gets a zipper. Mom & Aunt Judy would like some special prayers for him! Then of course we gots the old Gal Reilly Marie and her 2 brothers all former shelter kids back in -- luckily for the brothers they are settling in to a new adopted home in Maine, while Reilly tries to get settled at LeDoux hospice. She has lots of obstacles to overcome as an adrenal kid on Melatonin, and insulinoma and a renal patient( she was real sick several months before she arrived). Mom Marilyn is working hard to give her quality time and help her get over the transition stress all old kids seem to get. SO to help keep Reilly Marie in Amoxy, carafate, melatoinin etc and to help with Sandro's surgery costs Mom wants everyone to know the shelter web store has been updated & refreshed - please check it out at : www.ferretwise.org/funalia.html. We even have Totally Ferret Treats ( they aren't there yet) at $1.85 per pkg / plus shipping ( limit 3 pkgs per purchase) in case you are really hungry! AND for the September Raffle- it is almost time to pick the winners- tickets MUST be paid for before NOON Sept 30th-- who will win the great Kat Parsons afghan? Who will win the COllectible patches & symposium print? Who will win the pottery ferret? Who will win the print & notecards? Who will win the bootiful blue mug set? Well you c an see it all at: http://www.geocities.com/ferretlover97/sh-FerretWise-Raffle.html and don't be late! AND there are some neato things at eBay this week: Mom says if we get enough to cover the vet bills-- then we can get some oil for the winter!! AND I LIKE it cozy when it snows! ( yesirree nothing better than snugglin' in a cozy sack chewing on foamy fries while the old wind howls!) X-Large top sleeper ends sept 28 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7709719296 Bright bats sleeper set ends Sept 28 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7714501138 XL Hearts & Love top sleeper http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7710005848 Harness & Lead set plus TREATS! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7704941748 Plush Horse http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6001982492 Shelter Mom will also be posting some new items in the morning- Aunty Diane sent them up from Ferret Guardian Rescue to help us kids here... so please keep checking back. I knows Mom has been working hard caring for us - and keeping things straight- and they had a big meeting on Saturday and she had to check on poor lil Sandro who is having surgery today... so Mom is running just a tad behind on shelter chore stuff. But we love her anyway! Everyone should have the new newsletter-- with the tiny boy on the front -- if you did not get yours email my mom! Thanks for reading my post-- it is a BIG job for a fur kid keeping things up to snuff ya know! Your friend Jerimiah, mascot www.ferretwise.org [Posted in FML issue 5012]