Hi All, With heavy heart & many tears, I write this - My Andre the air ferret is gone. I only had Andre since September of last year but its seems like he had been around much much longer. He was my buddy. I was very close to him - we had a special bond. Andre was never healthy - for a long time he had to be force fed & then would only eat duck soup after he could eat on his own but he had a mission. He had a to do list that had to be completed. On his list he had to gain weight & look like a ferret again. He had to war-dance. He had to run through the tube. He had to play with the other ferrets. He had to eat hard food - no duck soup. He had to become the alpha-ferret & rule our little ferret kingdom. In the last month & a half, Andre had completed everything on his to do list. He was happy. Yesterday he checked off everything on his list & my little air ferret flew to the Rainbow Bridge. Farewell Andre! Laurie Long North Coast Ferret Shelter West The Raisin Retreat [Posted in FML issue 2313]