MR FERTS MR NOT FERTS MR DUCKS OSAR FERTS R NOT IZ 2 CM EDBD EYES CM BAK UP CM POOPS N PEAS LIB! MR FERTS Hello, all! Doug, Sue, and Penny Gerald here from Anchorage, AK. Has been a while since we posted, have been loyal readers though ... keep up the good work BIG. Winter is on the way, and your FML will be even more greatly appeciated up here once it hits. All five of our fuzzies are doing great. Diva and Mysti are approaching the the one year mark, Lori and Shadow are nearly two, and Tory (the old man) is going on five. Thanks, in large measure to the FML, they are healthy, active,happy animals. We do not (knock on wood) seem to have the long term medical problems some of you seem to be experiencing. They simply 'iz wat day iz n duz wat day duz' ... and look good doing it, I might add. We did have a bit of a scare with Mysti a couple of days ago, however. I heard quite a comotion coming from the upper level of their cage so I went to investigate. I figured that I would find a two or more rolling around in play, or fighting for hammock space, but it was Mysti. She was thrashing about, and throwing up in 'ejectile fashion'. I sincerly thought she was having convulsions and might die. I tried to calm her down by talking to her with little effect. After a minute or so, she stopped trying to throw up, and I carefully picked her up to check and comfort her. She just seemed worn out, so I put her in the bottom of the cage with the others while we cleaned up the upper level. She slept for several hours, but now seems to be back to her playful self. The best I can come up with is that she got a hold of something rather bad for her, we are not sure what that 'something' might have been. She is eating fine, and does not seem to have any abdominal pain. Any ideas? We have found the materials to construct the ULTIMATE FERRET CAGE, and will share the information in our next posting. Take care, all. Doug, Sue, and Penny (Lori, Tory, Shadow, Mysti, and Diva, too!) P.S. "A man with one ferret always knows where his socks are hid." "A man with two ferrets is never sure." [Posted in FML issue 1700]