Out of the 10 kids here adopted off the tree only 5 got their gifts. Yup, the same person picked all 5. Seriously? I tried contacting her and she said the package was on the way and to let me know when we got it. It was ordered from ferretdepot.com. When it never arrived I sent an email back asking if she knew shipping details. No response. We have chalked her off our list. Very sad to know that someone did something like this. We know times are tough right now. If there were unforseen problems in life like there is all the time just tell us, we would of made the best of the situation. It just would of been nice knowing. Unfortunately 5 of the kids here didn't get to have their pictures taken with their new things and enjoy rummageing through them Christmas Day. Fortunately we did have some extra gifts from the other kids secret santas that they got to play with. That's what we do here, take pics of the kids opening up their gifts and send them to their secret santas with a nice Thank You. I know when I picked some off the tree and got the pics it made my day. We depend on getting in hammocks, sleepsacks, blankets and other ferrety items here as we can send them out with on the kids when they get adopted. Sort of a care package shall we say. This way we know the ferret has some quality bedding to sleep in. We get too many in with nothing in their cage except an old ratty torn up hammock that hasn't been washed since who knows when. I'm sure you other rescues and shelters know what I mean..... Apparently this happend too much this year with kids getting adopted and not getting their gifts. So please, next year if you want to adopt a kid off the tree please go through with it. If you could see how they do react when they get to open up a box with gifts it's priceless. Kim Kelly Stinky Pete's Ferret Retreat http://floridaferrets.webs.com/ [Posted in FML 6577]