Merry Ghristmas everyone! I had to wish everyone on here a very Merry Christmas. I usually just lurk but I love to read the posts from all you guys. Mostly it's a lot of fun, and that which is not fun, you just read past. I've learned a lot on here through this past year. I've also laughed a lot and cried a lot. Though I dont know anyone, I just know you are all good people. I know that here in my heart, I just never get to say it. besides who else would do all the things you do for these sweet tiny creatures. But we all know they are well worth it! I also had to talk to you guys about my latest Shakesperiaence. Shakespeare is my crazy 3 month old ADD ferret. I tried to get my vet, Dr. M, to give him some Ritalin but i guess they dont make it for ferrets. We just have to learn to live with them! I have the 5-story ferret mansion for my Shakespeare and my 9 month old Gracie Girl. About 3 weeks ago my Shakespeare had starting getting out of his cage in the morning. Now I have had this happen before with my other ferrets and i just put an extra clip on the doors so they can't get them open, but Shakespeare thinks he is the great Houdini. When he gets out I find the doors all shut and still locked! Nothing is open. We dont even hear him come out! So I thought maybe he squeezes thru the side of the door, he stretches the sides open just enough to get out. I went to Home Depot the other day and bought some tiny heavy clips so he couldnt stretch them open or bite them open. I was so proud of myself, I had figured out the problem all by myself and fixed it all by myself. So, for 3 nites i had 3 clips on each of the doors; on the top of the doors and on the sides. And, the last 3 nites....SUCCESS. Then this morning while i'm getting ready to vacuum, who comes walking by me like this was how it was suppose to be? Houdini... no, i mean, Shakespeare! I picked him up and rreturned him to his cage only to find all the doors in place and locked!! I checked the whole cage and can't find any way he gets out. I thought maybe he just squeezed himself thru the bars, but he is 3 months old and already weighs 2 1/2 lbs and has big strong bones. I dont think he could fit through them. None of my other 6 have ever been able to and they were all smaller! So now, short of leaving a video camera on him all nite and morning, I just dont know how to figure it out! AND, and he gets out in seconds. I will check on him and within a minute or 2 he's out and walking around like he belongs free and I should be in the cage. This little Shakespeare will be the death of me now! Remember, he's the one who got the empty toilet paper roll stuck on his head and scared me to death. I just dont know what to think of him, my little Houdini! He is a never-ending Shakesperience!!! Well, thank-you all for your time and enjoy the holidays. May God Bless! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:56:18 -0500 From: Ferretwise <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Bloosom's Update - Ferret Wise "Soren" *MIME-Version: 1.0 *Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Hi Friends- It's Blossom here! "Hey what's all the fuss about????" Oh Hi Jerimiah!!!! it is just a little crazy these days and I am feeling left out! Mom keeps too busy these days. First she was rescuing the old ferret and Soren.. so okay , I get to compete with a show off littler feller for a while and by the way he thinks he likes n bones too!!! So I have to share MORE.... SIGH! Then if this isn't enough she and shelter Dad ended up spending a whole day trying to help a lady who needed to fly her ferret from NH to AZ. Seems she brought her ferret to a vet in town who did rabies vaccinate it at age 8, but refused to give it a health cert so the woman was all upset! The local vet ( not OUR vet) said the ferret had some low BG ( low 80's) and then refused to issue the health cert. even though he knew the ferret had to leave the state by plane. Now at this time shelter Dad was talking first to the lady ( who has a 13 mo old hooman baby and the old ferret too) and then her Mom in CA called for help . The lady was going to CA to visit Her Mom and could not take the ferret there, so she had reservations to have the ferret fly to AZ and her friend was going to pick him up. The human lady was gong to be living in AZ and this was the only logical way to get the ferret there . Anyway shelter Dad made some more calls and finally got to talk to our Dr Winnie who made arrangements to examine the ferret if it could get there now - so shelter Dad got this lady there. Later shelter Mom talked to her on the phone and found out she needed to get an airline accepted crate for shipping - so Shelter Mom brought her a top opening hammies ( a christmas candy cane one) with polar fleece inside it to give the ferret a comfortable warm ride and told her how to hang it in the crate. She also got a chance to meet the ferret a big boy weighing 3 lbs named Weeze ( pronounce wee zee). He was a handsome heavy silver mitt boy that Mom said should have no issues flying. Mom even said his poops looked healthier than some of ours! After Mom left her she called the Petco folks and told him to make sure the lady got appropriate water bottle and food cups for the carrier and they said they would make sure they had everything all set. Once that was set shelter Mom was exchanging info with Maggie on the NY rescue ferrets and I think her fingers just might wear out she has been typing so much! SO we just think that we can settle down and more calls are coming in.. more folks who don't want there ferrets for the holidays.. so Mom had to tell them the BEST way to find them a home. . This is just so HARD for me to keep up with you know Jerimiah!?" "Oh Blossom!, You sure do get those pretty silver neck hairs in a flurry!" Teeheehee! Jest settle down Most of the busyness passes quickly I am sure you can manage a day or two more.. after all think of the splendid Holiday that is arriving! Momma will put up pretty lights in the shelter room and everything! Jest wait and see! Uh, okay Jerimah, I will try to calm down but I guess I feel so small with such big doins here! So then I guess I can jest tell all our friends that both Biscuit and Nestle are hanging in for the Holiday.. Mom spects both of them to have plenty of soup and cookies right along with the rest of us. And Boxes have arrived and been sent off to several hospices for the special day too! That is getting me soo excited! Austin said maybe we will get to play snow ferret too! I never played that before! And finally the furnace Man came and fixed the furnace up so there is no more smelly air-- Mom was getting a little flustered about that- she said there goes the turkey dinner-- but I sure won't miss it! :) If anyone is still shopping Momma has the very LAST Scoozie ferrets on ebay- also a Ferret Wise funhouse tent, some holiday hammies and more - you can find them all listed at: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZcreativekolor I hope everyone is getting as excited as me.... Oh boy oh boy! Happy Ferretmas form Blossom, spokesferret at www.ferretwise.org [Posted in FML 5462]