With tears in my eyes I send out a heartfelt THANK YOU to all the santas and others who sent gifts to the giving tree fuzzies and shelters. And one more request, Please, if you can, take Millie up on her offer of beds and pick a shelter to send them too. And why not toss in a little extra cash for her shelter too! Oh, and if you can, maybe consider adopting a fuzzy from your local shelter and giving them the best Christmas present of all. The Japan ferrets are starting to relax a bit more. Still quite skittish when they walk into a room and I talk to them but they are coming to me more for attention. It makes me giggle to see them dart under a cage or into a tube, then they have to come see what I'm giggling about which gets a quick tickle to their back sides. They have free roam around the house and I work 6 full days a week so it takes them by surprise when they don't know I'm home. Zeke is a big silver boy that craves attention. He's content to be snuggled in my arms and carried around the house. The three big albino boys, Kaal, Baal, and Chester like to sleep with the groups in the basement but they wander up at recipe time to eat their fill of the yummy recipe with real turkey broth added. Sophie the albino girl is cuddly. Kali is a pretty chunky cinnamon blaze that likes cuddles too. Scoot is a short coated petite sable girl, one of the nippiest of the girls, and most skittish. Nbones work to coax her out of hiding. Gnome and Serin are fluffy sable girls, both a bit on the nippy side but also quite playful. Flick is a faded silver, long and lean, nippy, and very agile. I've found him on top of cages along with Gem who is a dark silver with the same attitude. It's interesting to see how they react to things. My regular group waits patiently when I hand out treats because they know they will get theirs in time, and I often see two sharing 1/2 a Nbone together. The new kids snatch the treats from others and run off with them, then squeal if someone tries to share with them. And one treat isn't enough, they come back for as many as I'll hand out. In time they'll learn there is plenty to go around and hopefully to share. Athena, the dog, will steal Nbones from the ferrets too and the first time she tried to take one from one of the new kids she got squealed at. She backed up, sat down, and turned her head from side to side. She couldn't quite figure out why the new kid wouldn't let her 'steal' the Nbone. She does like running up and down the hallway gently chasing the new kids. Our others don't play with her much anymore, except for Amber who jumps on Athena then lays down on her back and they both mouth at each other. Athena's learned that when the fuzzies are rambunctious and playing together to stay up and away or she becomes part of the game to her dismay. :-) Serena lays on her pillow atop a short cage by the window and watches it all in stride. Warm holiday hugs to all. tle www.ferretfamilyservices.org [Posted in FML 7279]