HI Friends, It's ME Jerimiah! YOu know the favorite choclatey spotted boy at Ferret Wise. As usal things are perty busy here... We had some rocky days with ol boy Gravy. NOw Gravy arrived nearly 4 years ago with his friend Biscuit- they had been abandoned and were almost starved to death. A nice policeman found them and brought them to FerretWise. ANyway 6 mos after arriving ol Gravy started losing hair- he had surgery adn they removed 2 hairballs, a left adrenal and his big ol spleen . That made him feel MUCH better! Six months later he started losing hair. So Gravy was put on lupron every month and 3 mos later he jkoined some of the other kids here on melatonin too. Gravy was on melatonin adn lupron for 2 full years and then he stated slowing down. Mom had to coax him to eat a cupla times. Gravy bnounced back. But last week Gravy did not feel good, and nothing made him bouncy. Poor gravy went to the vet and she helped him with Momma holding him take that ferret dance to rainbow bridge. NOw folks here was real worried about Biscuit the elder female that lived her whole life with Gravy- Austin is taking real good care of her, the folks is helping her to not get a sore tummy and she has been actually hopping & dancin a little here. PHEW. Dr Winnie took a look see to see if it was Gravy's other adrenal that was his problem but she was surprised to see that he had a lump on his kidney and 2 more hair balls and some other suspicious stuff so they is off to NW and we are waiting to hear what Dr Marc finds was Gravy's interruption with immortality! I hope that Gravy will be checking things out and looking for Bear FerretWise I bet he can give him a good tour of stuff to do. Gravy will be happy to find the endless kibble stream - he never got over the fear of not having enough to eat! No Mom Spects it was Gravy's tears that brought on this past avalanche of rain. The poor kids at St Gregory's can't even get to the vets cuz the roads are washed out. Mom is on standby for relay help. The river is getting high here but so far we are escaping the floods this time! More stuff is on ebay in case you want to check things out. We are almost there with Gravy's surgery costs maybe this will finish it off! FERRET HUSBANDRY, MEDICINE & SURGERY text ENDS: May-16-06 07:22:08 PDT http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7029837322 AUTOGRAPHED & Inscribed 2005 Ferret Calendar ENDS: May-16-06 07:59:23 PDT http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7029854166 RARE FERRET TEE with CAP ENDS: May-17-06 06:00:23 PDT http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7241148382 RARE FERRET POTTERY MUG ENDS: May-17-06 09:19:24 PDT http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7241181126 2 FLAT HAMMOCKS SPECIAL BUY ENDS May-17-06 13:19:12 PDT http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7766237734 FERRET PRINT for LUCKY FERRETWISE ENDS May-18-06 17:13:15 PDT http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180000002676 RARE FERRET PIN - HAND SCULPTED CLAY ENDS: May-19-06 11:32:02 PDT http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180000239178 RARE CHILD SIZE Ferret in Pocket Tee Shirt ENDS: May-19-06 16:47:49 PDT http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7241538665 We are really hoping for nice warm sunshine here - Mom hates to break out the canoes to get us to the vets! She also said THANK YOU to the nice person who sent along a Mom's Day wish for all us kidz here. That was a wonderful gift on a rainy day! Cheerio! Jerimiah, mascot Ferret Wise Shelter [Posted in FML issue 5244]