Hi this is Shyla and my mommy is Kelleen. She is always writing to you guys about us fuzzies so I thought I'd write and tell you what SHE did to ME tonite!!!!!! There I was laying next to her on the pillow up on the couch sound asleep like she likes me to do and all of a sudden she went to drink her scotch-n-soda (the flavored pop version) and it spilled all over me!!!!!! Oh yeh it spilled all over her too but that is unimportant!!!!!!!! She rushed me into the bathroom and filled the sink with warm water and washed me all off, boy did I start to shiver!!!! She wrapped me in the shammy but I wasn't having any of that nice crap from her or Daddy, I WAS PISSED and I let them know it!!!! Mommy tried to trap me in her shirt for awhile so I would stay warm but I fought like a banshee until she finally let me go about my business!!!! I started jumping all over the place and would suddenly stop and chew on my fur, Mommy said she couldn't help it and laughed at me!!!!! She kept hanging around trying to sweet-talk me so I decided to start attacking her legs, seemed like a good idea to me but she just laughed some more!!!!!! Mommy figured out a little later that the lid on the pop was broken and when she put it to her mouth one side came loose and that's how it happened, SURE, SURE A LIKELY STORY!!!!!!! She told me that maybe she had inadvertantly cured my addiction to scotch-n-sodas but I showed her, half an hour later I went back to the cup for another drink and she felt so guilty about what happened that for the first time she let me have all I wanted!!!!!! ( Maybe I can arrange for more such accidents to happen if that's the way it works!!!! Heh, Heh, Heh!!!!!!!!) But don't tell Mommy I said that it's a secret just between you and me, OK????? After I got my fill of pop I decided I'd let her love me for a bit and then I went to the bedroom door and found it closed cuz Daddy had gone to bed so I started my usual digging at the carpet by the door trying to get in and HOT DAMN instead of putting us in the cage like last time she opened the door and let us in!!!!!! I like this guilt thing a lot!!!!! Well, now that the bedroom is open it's off to sleep for me so my brother Fang will take over and tell you about his evening!!!!! BYE!!!!! Hi there this is FANG, not THE ANCIENT FANG (my namesake) but the new FANG. Boy is Shyla spoiled!!!! But of course I'M NOT!!!!!! HA, HA, HA!!!! Mommy is such a pushover but we sure are glad to be living here now and not with those dumb people and their 4 yr. old son we used to live with!!!!! Silverada and I had no idea on all the things we missed out on our first year!!!!! Tonite Mommy kept her promise and she and Daddy took us to this thing called a park!!!! I had no idea what one of those was till we got there and boy was I excited!!!! Lots of room to explore and a great place to dig to my hearts content!!!!! Mommy had also finished stripping and repainting our new/old car cage and it was great!!!!! A lot smaller than our other cage but very cozy and there was this thing Mommy called a hammock in it and we all piled in (all 4 of us) and cuddled together and slept!!!! It was really neat!!!! Mommy was so proud we liked the job she did and we really love her a lot for all the stuff she does for us!!! We had never had on harnesses or leashes before tonite but they were kind of fun because Mommy has gone to a lot of work to make leash extensions so we can go a LOT further than we normally would be able to and we all criss-crossed each other a zillion times and made the biggest possible mess of the leashes that we could but Mommy didn't get mad at all!!!! We had our super heavy ceramic water dish that we can't knock over and food so we were right at home!!!! After awhile Mommy and Daddy disconnected the leash extenders and extricated us from our mess so we could go for a walk even further than we had gone!!!! Mom took Shyla and Rowdy and Dad had me and Silverada. Shyla and Rowdy went a long, long ways away with Mommy but Silver is a bit weird for a fuzzie she isn't extremely curious and she definitely isn't fearless!!!!! I think she had a panic attack realizing how big the world out there is and she didn't want to go very far at all, and when she encountered Daddy's foot she snuggled up to it and refused to move. I decided to give her a break and found this great place to dig so I started doing that and Daddy just sat down and snuggled with Silver until Mommy was done with our sisters walk!!!!! Pretty soon they came back and we piled into the cage and off we went home. We all snuggled in the hammock again and passed out!!!! What fun we had and I can't wait to go to the park again!!!!! Well Mommy has caught me on the computer so I guess I'd better go because she wants to write a little something too I guess!!!!! BYE TILL NEXT TIME!!!!!!! Hi guys it's Kelleen, finally the kids are off the computer so I get to use it!!!!! Between them and David it's a wonder I ever get any time on it at all!!!!! Well since Shyla and Fang have been talking I guess I'll mention their absolutely most favorite treat in the world!!!!! They discovered it about a week ago and whenever I have some they go absolutely crazy begging for it until they get some!!! I know it's a no-no but they totally love that String Thing Fruit Snacks!!!!!!! Any flavor is just fine with them and If I don't give them it fast enough they jump up on the couch and attack the whole thing while I'm eating it!!!! They probably shouldn't have it but the soulful look in their eyes while they are begging is completely irresistable, so they always get some!!!! The first time they discovered it there was only Shyla and Rowdy who get along perfectly all the time but this time when I went to give Rowdy her bites Shyla reared up, put her front paws on Rowdy's shoulder and forcefully pushed her away!!!!! I was in total shock at this because there has never been anything that any of them have been willing to fight over until this. Well Rowdy decided it wasn't all that and just walked away and went about her business and let Shyla have it all!!!! Thank God for that anyway!!!!! Oh the cutest thing happened the other day. We went to Zamzows to pick up some food and that is where we bought Shyla and Rowdy!!!! Well our dogs apparently remember this very well because we took them in to meet the ferrets one at a time the day we got our baby girls!!!!! We had to make sure the dogs wouldn't hate them or vice-versa!!!!! Well when we went in the other day we just had the dogs with us so we took all three in together with us and immediately Rascal and Silly disappeared on us. I started calling for them but only Silly showed up.... I kept calling and calling for Rascal but she was nowhere to be found. I was looking all over when the lightbulb over my head went on, finally, and I headed for the back room where they keep the animals for sale!!!!! Sure enough there she was getting loads of attention from all the people in there as she stood near the ferret cage!!!!!!! There were 4 ferrets in there and she refused to leave that room and kept looking from me to the ferrets and back again over and over!!!!! I knew she was telling me that she wants a WHOLE LITTER of fuzzies to be the Poda-ferret Mommy to and she wanted me to bring those four home with us too!!!!! Well I felt bad but had to tell her no for the time being because we can't afford any more at $145 a pop, besides we would rather rescue ferrets that are in bad homes or not wanted anymore!!!! The ferrets at zamzows sell very quickly so there is no shortage of homes but the ones advertised in the paper don't always get the good homes they so desperately need!!!!! Fang and Silverare proof that these babies need good, loving homes far more than the new ones at the stores!!!!! Oh yeh, it took me TEN whole minutes to get Rascal to leave the ferret room so we could finally go home..... By the way I did make a mistake when I told everyone that my Mom had gotten some soft tubing to put around the doors to the ferret penthouse!!!! I checked on it when I was at my Mom's the other day and it is very similar to the folder protectors plastic slip on sides but it is actually much more heavy duty than even that is, so there should be no problem with them chewing and eating it!!!! SORRY!!!!! Well I apologise for making this so long but between the babies and I we had a lot of things to tell everybody about and you know these fuzzies when they set their minds on something!!!! Thanks for your patience and I hope you enjoyed this, we sure did!!!!!!!! BYE FOR NOW, Kelleen - The ferret cage refinisher and Mommy! David - "zzzzzzzzzzzzz" and Daddy! Shyla and Fang - Give me that string thing or I'll rip your throat out!!!!!!!!! Rowdy and Silver - These two are really addicts you know, between the string thing and the scotch-n-sodas Mommy is going to have to send them to the Betty Ford Clinic!!!!!!!!! Rascal - Mooooommy, please can't we take them home with us????? Four is NOT a litter you know!!!!!! Silly - "zzzzzzzzzz" And we thought we were spoiled!!!!! What a joke!!!!! Moneybags - "If you let Rascal bring them home I'm packing my bags and thumbing it somewhere else!!!!! I MEAN IT MOM!!!!!!!!!!! [Posted in FML issue 1273]