Hi everyone in Central Florida and elsewhere. Central Florida Ferret Friends is alive and well. We kicked off our official activities by exhibiting several of our ferrets (Sneakers, Snowy, Sparky, Nikki and Aucki) at the Blue Spring Manatee Festival at the Volusia County fairgrounds January 30 and 31. It was unbelievable. People have sooo many misconceptions about ferrets. We also had many older folks tell us about how they used to send ferrets down rabbit holes to chase out rabbits. Anyway, we displayed our babies and talked and talked. By the end of the weekend our ferrets wanted to hide from the multitude of squealing kids. No ferrets do not bite! We sold ferret buttons and magnets that I decorated by hand. We also sold hammocks that my friend Debbie Coburn made by hand. Debbie is the President of CFFF (the club mentioned above). She has extensive knowledge of ferrets and breeds them locally in Orlando. She also travels all over the Eastern seaboard to Ferret shows. One of her ferrets is a triple grand champion. We are thinking of just being an independent club instead of affiliating with IFA because we have not heard from George Harmon for months. Has anyone heard from George Harmon? Debbie has tried repeatedly for at least 2 months. That is all for now. If you are in or close to Central Florida let us know you are out there! ---(: Amy Eller, Vice-President, Central Florida Ferret Friends :)--- --- [log in to unmask] --- [Posted in FML issue 0412]