Greg a shelter hospice Dad posted this entry about our visit to teh Boston Children's Museum on his blog list. <http://ferretfunhouse.blogspot.com/2008/10/another-day-at-bcm-101808.html> Another day at the BCM Last Saturday, JJ and I travelled to Boston and the Childrens Museum for "Critter Day" with the Ferretwise folks. Austin went with us last year, but he sadly passed away from bone cancer this past spring. First, he got his daily serving of soup, which he loves, then we were off. We got there around about 10:30am and Dino met us at the back door loading dock to let us in. Things were already in swing, and we didn't open until 11:00! Turns out there was a PBS camera crew running around the museum and they decided to do a piece on us for a kids show. I didn't get to make my TV debut, but they did a spot with Alicia and talked about our furry friends. After that we got things set up and were ready for the business of introducing ferrets to any children that came by, and they did. This year there were 4 of us there showing off the ferrets, Alicia and Dino, Susan and I. They brought 4 , Elrich, Barney, Destiny, and Blossom. We had a playpen set up for who ever was on show at the time with a tent, a sleep sack or two, food, water, and a litter box. And of course treats! JJ had to take a back seat for a while since he doesn't get along with other ferrets, just people. So we set about the business of introducing and answering questions. One little 2 or 3 year old guy thought Blossom was a stuffed toy and tried to grab her from me at one point, fortunately his father saw it and stopped him, then he started crying because he wanted the toy. He just didn't understand Blossom wasn't a toy. She was a stuffed animal though! Wow, did those guys eat a lot of treats! N-bones, cheweasles, foamy fries, cheerios, you name it. Once the 4 got tired, they went in for a nap, and JJ got to come out and say hi, boy was he happy, he had his share of treats, and got to look around the play pen wondering where the ferrets that matched the smells in there were. He didn't get to stay down long, I kept picking him up to introduce him to children that came by. Everybody loved him of course and he was very patient with them. JJ didn't seem to get tired, even when we put him in, and took out the 4 after their nap, he was awake and bouncing around! We were there from 11 am to 2 pm, then we packed our stuff up and headed for home, We were sorry to say goodbye, because the kids were still coming, but our time was up and the ferrets were pooped. On the drive home JJ slowly, VERY slowly settled down. He was still excited from all the new sights and sounds he had been through. He was up until we got home and I settled him back down in the room with his brothers and sisters, Lil, Ozzie, LizBeth, and Sasha. Back in his room with all the familiar smells, his poop was finally popped, he crashed until after the Red Sox game, when it was his turn to come out and run around. Posted by Greg at <http://ferretfunhouse.blogspot.com/2008/10/another-day-at-bcm-101808.html> [To reply???:] <http://www.blogger.com/email-post.g?blogID=34281556&postID=6441612441928430554> you can read more ferret blog entries at: http://ferretfunhouse.blogspot.com/ [Posted in FML 6136]