Hi all. Wow, I sure had lots of FML digests waiting for me--my e-mail was down again *sigh*. I went into one of those calendar stores in the mall recently. I live in MA and am often annoyed at the lack of ferret things (gifts, cards, etc.) in stores. Well, this store (a seasonal one) had four kinds of ferret holiday cards and ferret calendars (which were gone--a good sign?). They're getting more in. We got two ferrets (but had to return one) from a shelter. They came from a bad situation before but were well cared for at the shelter. Nietra, the one we were able to keep, is such a love and is doing so well now. She really seems happy with us. She isn't a lap ferret yet but is sometimes content being held. We often hold her while giving her petromalt or ferretone so she will get used to us more. Well, we found a fun way to give another treat. Nietra gets her occasional raisin (we know not to give her many) after being good. Well, I'll put my raisin in my lips for her to get. I get a kiss that way. It's cute because sometimes she'll come up and smell my face looking for a raisin. It's soooo cute. Also, when she first comes out of her cage, she looks us over for raisins. hehe. She did a funny thing the other day. Since I started working again, we don't get to let her out during the day much. We let her out a lot in the afternoon and evening. Of course weekends are fun too. Well.... We were playing for a really long time the other night and she put herself back in her cage to sleep. We had the door open for her to stay out and she chose to go back in. We were so surprised because she's never done that before. I guess we had a fun playtime. *smile* --Emily Nietra: "Raisins grow in mommy's mouth, I think" [Posted in FML issue 1756]