The furkids from the West Michigan Ferret Connection are finally up on the Ferret Giving Tree. They are on pages 29 - 30. We almost missed the deadline completely. There just aren't enough hours in a day. Thank you to Rose for her work on this project. Only 6 of the kids from last year are on the Tree this year: Slick, Weezy, Daisy, Frodo, Desdemona and Bandit. Rocky, Susie, Pepe and Weezy crossed over the Rainbow Bridge during this last year. Nip is loving life with a foster mom and a new (ferret) brother & (ferret) sister (Simon & Aslin). Slick & Weezy are hanging in there. Slick is adrenal and Weezy is adrenal, slightly insulinomic and has a mast cell tumor on her chest. I'm not sure she could survive the surgery to remove it. Both are on melatonin implants. Despite the 3 implants, Slick won't what I call "fur up" completely. Weezy is very delicate. Daisy lost her cagemate, Rocky, a couple of months ago but it hasn't slowed her down. She's extremely active and always underfoot when she's out. She's adrenal and receiving the melatonin Desdemona will outlive us all. She's affectionately known as the Psycho Ferret around here because besides being deaf, she doesn't like other ferrets and she's an aggressive biter. She has a mast cell tumor on her shoulder that needs to be removed. Bandit is my "old curmudgeon". A caseworker brought him in last year because his owner was a pregnant druggie and unable to keep him. How he lived to be 8 years old with her, I don't know, but he's 9 years old now. He definitely does not like other ferrets. He's a sweet old guy who loves playing with a fuzzy ball that hangs from the rod & line. Better yet, he loves to run off with it. He thinks mushy Totally Ferret is a real treat. Frodo is a sweet old man. He doesn't stay out very long but he enjoys the time he is out. He mosies here and he mosies there, finds a place to curl up and go to sleep. May I add to my wish list? If so, I would like to add Advantage for kittens, cable ties and shower curtain rings. For some reason, fleas have been a nuisance. I think it may be because of all the events so from now on everytime I take them out in public, they're getting dosed before they go back in their cages at home. Cable ties have become my new best friend. I use them consistently connecting playpens when I'm at events. I use the little ones to attach food dishes onto the doors of carriers. I picked up some snack cups for babies at the Dollar Store (with lids). I poked 2 holes in the sides of the cups and attach them to the doors of the carriers. They work so much easier than trying to fight with regular dishes & water bottles. Shower curtain rings goes without saying. I use them for hanging hammies & sacks. With 56 ferrets here at one time, I actually ran out. Thank you, Kris, for keeping this event going. Thank you FML members for your compassion to these wonderful creatures of God. Dee West Michigan Ferret Connection [Posted in FML 5436]