We are pleased to offer boxed sets of 12 Christmas Cards with FREE shipping within the U.S. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140283634056 We "hoomans" had it all planned - ferrets in little sweaters and hats, opening their Christmas Gifts......Camera snapping away. But, THEY had other ideas - the first of which was to lose the costumes!! Four ferrets slipped out of sweaters faster than we could set them down and the last piece of clothing, a hat, was being worn around a waist like a hoola-hoop!! THEN.....they proceeded to trash our photo set. What could we do but laugh, and keep clicking, hoping "something" would be card-worthy?! Out of many pictures, thankfully, little Miss Olivia came through in a beautiful pose with her little front feet up on the side of a sleigh and another with her peeking out from behind a toppled Christmas Tree. So for all our planning and staging, what did we get?.......Ferrets being ferrets!! Olivia was born to two "DMK" ferrets back in the day when you might recall our posts about having 30 newborn kits at the shelter. (when we learned that no one should ever have 30 ferret babies at one time!!) Her daddy, "Bob", is now living a spoiled life in Radcliff, KY along with several ferret friends. Her mommy, "Sharkie", is living in Nashville, TN where two wonderful and dedicated parents have literally given blood in order to teach her to trust humans. She has evolved from a "chainsaw with fur" to a ferret who walks in the leaves on a harness and shares cooked chicken with her daddy!! Little Miss Olivia is just all full of attitude........she will climb up the side of another group of ferrets two story FN cage, given them a good piece of her mind, POOF ON THEM, and then climb down, just to have her say!!! (sigh......where did we go wrong?!) How happy we are, two years after the initial "DMK" phone call was made, that no more ferrets are facing another winter outside and that so many share similar happy endings as Sharkie, Bob and Olivia!! 100% proceeds from the sale of these cards benefit the shelter ferrets! We are currently working towards raising funds for 11 full dentals on recent rescues from Indiana. Special thanks to our photographer, Tammi M and to Clark & Riggs Printing!! Your generosity will help many ferrets!! Shelter Mom Jerri The Ferret Haven Louisville, KY www.theferrethaven.org [Posted in FML 6163]