Hi all, Well, Cleo is becoming a lovey-girl...yes indeed! She snuggles up to her dad now and has a nice sweet musk and she is fluffy and warm and oodles of joy...guess it just took time for her to get used to living here...thank you Suni and Jim for showing her that she can feel loved! Sammi don't get scared no more much at all...she often "takes a peek" at everyone from underneath Uncle Stevie's bed...but sometimes she comes out and plays as if she weren't scared at all...Sammi is growing into a fine, young woman. Her very 1st birthday is Saturday, the 15th, in case any of you's want to tell her Happy birthday or stuffs...she already got lots of presents in the form of toys...a plastic bowling pin set and some dollies...and a monster truck for Tony! Maxie is a teddy bear so lovey from Heaven as usual...she loves to cuddle and wrap her arms all around the humans and say "Can I have some fresh water from the big cup?" Rosie is a brat, but you know she gives the best kisses of all the ferrets put together...she kisses the eyes and ears and face when she just wakes up at 5:30 am and comes into the humans room and climbs up the side of the bed to say "Wake up..." She is tough on the outside, and soft on the inside. Shiva is a little Diva...she is so calm and gentle and relaxed all the time you almost think she ain't a ferret at all! She is a little lady, bewtiful and full of love in her little eyes. She always rushes out the front door when we leave because she has cabin fever and wants to go into the big world cause she's the oldest ferret around here and she's a young woman now... Tony...well, he's been talking a lot lately on these posts...and of course there is much more to say about him...so here goes...he loves to sleep in the bathtub with Cleo...and his butt is getting so big that he often has to wait for it to catch up with him when he runs across the room...he is gonna be a very big boy...he is almost 3 pounds already, and always wears a smile on his face, kinda like uncle Stevie ([log in to unmask]) when he wakes up in the morning...Tony is cuddly and melts in your arms and smiles and smiles and smiles...did we mention that he likes to smile? Well, we are coming up with ideas for the new Adventure book, but it is going slow because it is a very busy school semester for us all...Lisa is graduating, Dave is doing Senior Thesis stuff, and Uncle Steve is getting straight A's! So, please be patient with the writings... Love and Dooks To All! ~The Doyle Zoo~ The Ferrets: Rosie, Maxie, Sammi, Shiva, Anthony, & Cleopatra The Dwarf Hamsters: Romeo & Juliet The Tiger Salamanders: Sally Mander, Solo Mander, & Baby Mander The Rest of the Zoo: 4 Fire-Belly Newts, 7 Slender Salamanders, 3 Orange Salamanders, 2 Leopard Frogs, 2 Tree Frogs, 1 River Frog, Pebbles the Gecko, Barny the Armidillo Lizard, 3 Green Anoles, 1 Butterfly Koy, and 15 Fishes. P.S. Please visit our webpage at: http://home.aol.com/kingfsher to read about our adventure books! ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ (oo)(oo)(oo)(oo)(oo)(oo)(oo) =v==v= =v==v= =v==v==v= [Posted in FML issue 1869]