The other day we asked for help placing 15 ferrets in Mass. To make a VERY long story very short, all the ferrets are now safe and sound in Mass. shelters. As soon as their medical history is confirmed, most of these little ones will be up for adoption. The ferrets are from an individual who bred them and could no longer keep them. They are about 2 years old and in good health. The males are late neuters, nice and large (for anyone out there who LOVES those big guys). The females are all beautiful. Most are either DEWs (dark eyed whites) or blaze (white stripe on head). They are really gorgeous, friendly ferrets. So far, at least one female appears to be deaf. If you are in the Mass. area, please think about adopting one of these wonderful ferrets. Most of them are at Gimme Shelter in Wareham (before the Cape), 508-291-1850 or <[log in to unmask]> Another group is at The Educated Ferret in South Hadley (western Mass.), 413-538-7108. After this weekend, one female may also be at The Luv of Ferrets in Tewksbury (northeastern Mass.) 978-851-7781. And please don't forget about all the other wonderful ferrets at Massachusetts' first shelter, Frisky Ferret Shelter in North Reading, 978-664-5006 (not that far north of Boston). Don't be fooled by all those area codes--Massachusetts is a very small state. Yet we have FOUR shelters--and all of them had plenty of lovable ferrets for adoption before these new ones showed up. When I was at Gimme Shelter yesterday, I met some of shelter ferrets already waiting to be adopted--the one with the marks across his back where the harness had dug into his fur; the 2 sweet little look-alikes whose owner wanted them destroyed because they killed a pet hamster; the one found wandering in the state forest; the sweet one with lymphoma who was dumped at the local animal shelter. ALL of them are very loving and deserve good homes. Every shelter operator can tell you similar stories. Shelter moms and dads work tirelessly and spend lots of their own money taking in ferrets that other people give up. PLEASE--if you are going to adopt a ferret, consider adopting one from a shelter. Ferrets are ferrets, and shelter ferrets are great! -- Ronnie DiComo and Ralphie, Harry, Prince Charming, Merlin, Roxanne, Petunia, Epcot, Clover and new guy Simon Says ("yeah, we agree! we are all rescues except one of us and we love him anyway!") [Posted in FML issue 2415]