Hello. This is my first post to the FML so i though i would introduce myself to you guys. My name is Amanda and I have one ferret named Allie. I am getting another ferret soon. Allie is a very good girl. She is a sable and she is about 11 months old. I got her from a shelter. It was very interesting about how i got to this shelter and where I am now with this shelter. I called an add in the paper about baby ferrets for sail. And The man that anwsered said he had a great collection of ferrets. But I ask him if he had any males and he said "No I'm sorry but we don't have any males any more. I wanted a male ferret so he gave me a number of someone that he knew that had lots of ferrets. So........ i called that number and it ended up that this person that had lots of ferrets lived right up the street from me. And she had a huge ferret shelter. She has about 120 ferrets right now. She rescues and breeds them. So i went over to pick my boy out and i fell in love with this beautiful sable girl. So even though i wanted a male i got a female. And i named her Allie. Allie was not spayed yet and i knew that when i got her but Mrs Barb ( The owner of the ferret shelter ) said that when she was of the right age she would spay her for $25. so that was great for me and Mrs. Brab give free Distemper shots every year to your ferret if you get them from her. And the rabbie shot is only $3. So off i went with Allie. About a month ago i noticed her volva was getting larger so i called Mrs barb and She said that shemight of gone into heat. So....... i took allie over to Mrs Barb so she could look at her and sure enough she was in heat. So... Allie got mated with a infertle male and Allie is almost back to normal now. And as soon as she is she is getting spayed right away. Well thats the story with allie. But now ever since I got allie i have gone over to help mrs Barb take care of all the ferrets. ( Its alot of work) and now she has offered me a position to be a jounior officer of the ferret shelter and also this ferret thing that she is just starting where there are lots of shows and public apppearences. So i think I am going to take the position. Well i think that is it for now. That it for all the updates. Talk to you guys later. Amanda and Allie [Posted in FML issue 2081]