It was nice to read the postings again, I have been off line after a move and only got internet service this week. I thought I would add to the where I take my ferrets. While living in Las Vegas I took some babies everywhere i went. These were very ill kids I fostered for 24 carat shelter. I got kicked out of Starbucks on Sahara and Ft. Apache for having a sick baby Lost Boy II, who I loved so until the day his Leukemia or Bone Marrow Cancer took him. He had his own bed and he was propped up in car so he could view the sites. I smuggled him into stores in a carrier pouch without problems. My little Raven went to the casino and gambled with me. We went to pick up grandkid at a Casino where they were at a movie. It was not over so we sat a slot machine and she watched the flashing lights and was so very good. We didn't get kicked out either. People passed by and would say hi but no one approached me and we spent about an hour gambling together, she loved it. RAven also went with me to get the mail at my apartment. she wore her leash and halter with pride and at a certain point she expected to be let loose so she could run to the door to wait for me to open it for her. She like to do that when we returned from a road trip, she would be let down when we got to the side walk and then she could go to the door on her own. Most of my kids are halter and leash trained and love to go for walks and have taken me for 1 to 1/2 block walks greeting anyone who came up to them. I think it is really important for them to know their area around their home so if by chance someone got loose they will know how to get home again. Of course all mine are chipped as well. Raven also when in Reno went to the laundry mat to do the wash, she loved to play in the warm clean clothes while I folded them and ride in the laundry buggy. She is unfortunately Adrenal now and doesn't get out as much as she used to and we have moved multiple times since my son was killed last Sept 2005. Finally we are in our own place and they have their furniture back with their scents and old toys to play with like new. I hear from a friend in Las Vegas this week she lost her best friend Fui Jai a sweet blaze boy deaf and with Diabetes for 3 years he lost his fight. She was heart broken and we sobbed over his loss> I am sure one of my lost babies will meet him at the bridge. The hardest thing about having and loving these special creatures is their loss. I still cry when I talk about the kids I have lost this past year and half and these babies weren't really mine they were all fosters from 24 carat shelter but I loved them as much as if I had had them for years. The little sick ones really pull the heart strings and get the closest to me. Specially if they require a lot of care. I hope my contribution to Where are my ferrets going was interesting. I loved to take mine out and show them off. Joelene [Posted in FML 5451]