I, too, traveled to southern Ohio on Sunday to help with the rescue and took down a car full of supplies. I swore to myself, my son and my boyfriend that I wasn't going to bring home any new ferrets. Well....... I now have two of the rescue girls who are rapidly turning out to be vampires with one possibly being pregnant. The little dark sable who might e pregnant goes to the vet on the 17th and the other one on the 29th. So far we have named them Lucy and Milano as the boyfriend is a district sales manager with Pepperidge Farm and since he donated a case of goodies for the volunteers...... I now have a Milano. I haven't seen anything on here about Julie Dyke from HOFA and I think she deserves a huge kudo. She was working hard on the group where I helped and it was really coming together well. God bless Julie! A big THANK YOU to all of you ferret people out there who are helping. Ferret people are just the best! The ferrets all had a piece of bedding in their cage and had just gotten fresh water and food right before I got there. Guess who got to scoop poo? I brought down a big bottle of Ferretone, a tube of Ferretvite and two bags of chicken Bandits. My son went from cage to cage and those who were awake, including my two new vampires, got treats. It was so sad to see that they didn't know what to do with the 'tone and the 'vite, but they quickly caught on and lapped it up. My girls are petrified and wearing leather gloves has helped me. They are now in a playpen with a play mat, sleepy sacks and tunnels. They haven't figured out yet that they can go inside the sacks - they prefer to stay on top. We'll work on that. They also do not know how to climb into a hanging hammie. Hopefully that, too, will change. These ferrets have been through a lot and they're already calming down a bit. I make sure I pick them up every morning and every night - petting them, talking to them and giving them Ferretvite and kitty malt. I think they're totally freaked out. They're both very, very cute and hopefully the biting will slow down after they get used to the changes. P.S. I'll take any and all hints on biting!!!!!!! I will be donning the garlic necklace and wearing the cross to ward off the vampires!!! Julie Coddington, Project Manager Medical Staff Services Grant Medical Center (614) 566-8667 telephone (614) 566-8049 fax [Posted in FML 5750]