Hi Friends, Here I am! The most beautiful Blossom all in my thick winter coat! Momma asked me to relay a sincere THANK YOU to all the shelter friends that helped us by buying tickets for the raffle fund raiser. The funds raised are helping to buy oil for the furnace to keep us all warm and snug-- some how the winter came a little late and now that we are ready for Spring it is CHILLY! Well,as usual, things have been pretty busy here. Momma wouldn't let me help get the newsletter mailed but she got it done . If anyone has moved and not given her your new address- she won't go lookin' for ya so you better let her know what your new address is!! Marla Wadsworth and Amanda Logsdon sent a shelter donation but the thank you cards came back-- so Marla and Amanda , iffen you are reading this, Thank you - and please send us your new address. It took Momma the whole weekend to stuff and address 300 newsletters and she probably spelled something wrong in it,but with working with the new kid Barn-y she thinks that it did alright jest to get finished. Barn-y was back at the vets last week where they did more checks and took lots of blood. Barn-y has a few problems so he cannot go anywhere for a while Dr Winnie said. Barn-y has low albumin and low red cell counts so the folkses will be working with him.. he also has funny poops which could be IBD, or stress colitis, or intestinal cancer. Poor Barn-y now the folks are kind of understanding why he is not gaining much weight. Still he is doing better! Martins shipped off a cage topper so he will have a New Englander cage to live in while the folks doctor him up that will come in handy as he is keeping Koda aka Elric company right now though Barn-y sleeps a lot of the time. We got some nice new furry lined sacks the other day from a santa that was busy over the Holiday -- they are really nice and we are having a nice time snuggling in them on the cold days! Thanks Santa! Next week several older kids get their lupron shots and on Feb 23 our shelter tech Skyla, a Certified vet technician and who also is a famous singer in a Boston based Band (Temper) will be up. I like her ! That always gives us lots to do when we get our shelter friends in for a change of scenery ( not that we are bored with Mom mind you). Plus now shelter Mom has her CD so when we go to the vets we can hear her singing. It was another tough week here as Hospice MOm Judy lost some special kids last week-- Bling one of the 2 NH flood ferrets she had been caring for ( the family still does not have their flooded out home replaced - and finally found some lodging in January all are jammed into a small 4 room house/ cabin) got very ill last Weds. They rushed him to Dr George who initially said he had a cystitis and kept him overnight- On Thursday just after Mom left money at the vets office following her legislation appearance-- Bling took a turn for the worse. So Hospice Mom Judy and 11 years old Josh & his Mom Deb rushed up.. at the same time Hospice Mom Judy had Christians cat George and Judy's ferret Irina at the vets... George was unable to walk-- Irina was found to be full of lymphoma so three more special critters found their way to Rainbow Bridge on Thursday night. Momma sure hopes that the bad start on this year is about done now! We got to play in a big tub of snow the other day-- it sure was cold... we jumped in and then out and waited for it to melt on the shelter floor... that was most fun. Momma has a few nice things on ebay for those thinking about filling Easter ferret baskets: RARE SEASONAL POTTERY MUG ends: Feb-27-07 18:05:24 PST http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180088235427 Ferret Design Note cards Ends: Feb-27-07 18:05:25 PST http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180088235440 Clear Ferret Tube Ends: Feb-27-07 18:05:21 PST http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180088235409 MYSTERY GRAB BAG SLEEPER ends: Feb-27-07 18:05:27 PST http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180088235451 RARE FERRET PRINT - Ready to Frame Ends: Feb-27-07 18:05:26 PST http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180088235447 and the ebay store has lots of magazines, tee shirts and other goodies which help pay the bills for electric, oil, vets, food & more http://stores.ebay.com/Creative-Kolor-shop Stay tuned - I will be back again to let you know how all of us is doing! Blossom, spokesferret www.ferretwise.org [Posted in FML 5525]