Hi all-- well we still have 3 very young gals looking for homes-- and have still got lots of oldsters too! Though they are set in their ways and not very social!!! We were able to reunite a local stray with her family-- she is now at her vets awaiting adrenal surgery-- Max and Cinnaboy have found loving adoptive homes! Casper is still doing well -- but is not near adoptable state after surgery-- even after several batteries of antibiotics ( that weren't particularly inexpensive!) he has now been put on prednisone 2x daily in the hopes of getting the long term intestinal condition cleared up-- there is a chance Casper will never have regular stools after the prolonged condition-- we continue to try --- in the eventCasper is as good as he can get we will be trying to determine appropriate hospice placement for him-- he likes cats-- that is a plus! Flint and Freddie are here-- and nearing adoptive state -- Flint was abused and had a severe nipping tendency-- he now is ready for a strictly adult home with low stress environment! The two must remain together! McKenzie who has been in shelter hospice for 2 years--(he was adopted out and then we were notified by a local vet he had been left with an order to destroy due to health problems (McKenzie's a chronic ulcer patient from stress--) and an unstable living environment( his adoptive parent). In then past 2 years his health has waivered up and down-- with more down times than not. several times he has been admitted back to the shelter from hospice when his condition became potentially fatal. he has just been scheduled for surgvery in the AM-- after a barium x-ray revealed a mass in the stomach. Please send healing thoughts for McKenzie-- he has had a very hard life-- we hope he will gain some quality days!!! "Troubles" (also known as "I've Got Troubles")-- received adrenal surgery several weeks ago and is doing well under the care of his mom Mary (another great hospice parent)!, she reports tufts of hair appearing. Troubles arrived with a fractured femur, 39 engorged ticks, 3 botfly larvae and over one hundred fleas-- two years ago-- he has had orthopedic surgery following 2 weeks in traction. He was then rehabbed after healing to gain full use of his hind leg with minimlal rotation of one foot! Now we hope his beautiful albino coat will return. Belle has fully recovered from her adrenal surgery (right) and vena cava nick! We were worried, but she is again her beautiful self in her senior years!!! symptom free of adrenal problems. Bear is on prednisone for a long term infection which caused spleen removal one year ago-- a battery of tests and urine suggests we may be facing some kidney problems in the future-- send along some healing thoughts for this BIG 4 1/4 lb boy!!! Please. Ewok is doing well though he currently deals with cardiomyopathy AND insulinoma-- still he is a handsome old Mascot! Brodie's hospice Mom reports he has fully recovered from his latest gastric ulcer following insulinoma surgery. We are happy to report his( Brodie's), Belles, Troubles and Caspers surgery / vet bills are now Paid In full!!!! Foster- Grand parents have picked Missy, Lulu, Munchkin and Casper-- these kids are all on very special nutritional suppliments in addition to their TF diet-- and doing WELL! We thank the generous folks who have committied support to their hospice care! ALSO-We have been assisting a shelter hospice mom (Pam) with her own neglect retreival ferret-- and slowly on our special suppliment diet he is gaining some weight and gaining color in his nose and pads-- we hope to make him strong enough for surgery soon! Also the shelter kids received a $2 donation from the SOS/ FML dollar fund. Thanks so very much to the generous fuzzies! One dollar can go a very long way- here it actually can supply: nutritional suppliments for 7 days to any one our ailing oldsters! One dollar can also pay for 1/3 of a distemper vaccination, 1/5 of a bottle of amoxy, 2 rolls of paper towels, a gallon of bleach, -- the list goes on and on. We DO appreciate the kind thoughts and support which enables us to take high risk kids and provide them with a loving environment. Thanks to all of you who have corresponded with us or supported our mission- we continue on. Fondly in ferrets, ALicia for the many faces of Ferret Wise http://www.dartmouth.edu/~crassi/index.html [Posted in FML issue 2481]