Issue #23

Contents:

• Minding Your Own Business (editor's note)
• Pink Noses (reader photos)
• Modern Ferret on the Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn!
• Mary's Page: On TV; Sleeping Ferrets; Ferrets and Beer
• The Ferret Directory
• A Litter of Letters
• The Latest Word (news)
• Reader Questions/Reader Answers
• Heart Disease in the Ferret By Karen Purcell, DVM
• Editorial: Gumby and Barbie VS. the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles... What's that got to do with ferrets? By Eric Shefferman
• Keeping It Cool: How to prevent, recognize, and treat heatstroke (By Mary R. Shefferman)
• No Fleas, Please (By Mary R. Shefferman)
• Gabby's Mishap: A Broken Canine Tooth By Mary R. Shefferman
• Club & Shelter Fundraising: Cage Building Party By Stephanie Mudgett
• Funny Ferret Tricks (reader contest)
• Dear Gabby
• The Continuing Adventures of Dog Book: A Day in the Life By Warren Krupsaw
• Fun With Your Ferret: Easy-to-Make Ferret Toys That Rattle By Kelly Fox
• Sabrina Says: Check for Lumps and Bumps
• Trixie's Tips: Pants Legs!
• Behind the Scenes: Photo Tips By Eric Shefferman
• www.boscodagama.com: Your Ferret on the Web
• Not Wild, Just Crazy (cartoon) By Jennifer Gall
• Trixie on the Classics
• Craft Project: Dook Doorknob Hanger By Melissa Taylor
• Kashmir & Boy & Lee-Loo (cartoon) By Tony Hatzigiannakis
• Reader Tip: Corner litter box as toy box From BilliJo Humphries
• Poems: Furry Invaders and Shadow Hunt By Barbara Johnson-Haddad
• Looking at a Pet Ferret? Things to consider before you bring home your first ferret By Sam Young
• In Our Mailbox - Ferret Carry Tote Idea and a neat check-holder
• The Great Rainbow Robbery (fiction) By Sandy Repper
• Nicknames of the Long and Slinky (readers' ferrets' nicknames)
• Introducing a Spouse to a Ferret Household By John F. Whiteley
• The True Evolution of Mustela Putorius (fiction) By Lynda Gerhart
• Marshmallow Explains It All: Creative Thinking
• Helping a Ferret Recover From a Dangerous Fall By Julia Gan
• Things Our Readers Do...
• Trixie's Tips: Extra Litter Boxes!
• Minding Your Own Business Part II By Eric
• Ferret Events Calendar
• Koosh and the Gang review the Poop Pals Ferret
• Ferretted Fairy-Tail: Ferret Fred by Kathleen Munroe
• Reader Art Contest Winner
• Full-Color Centerfold: The Kits Are Alright featuring Killian, Diesel, Beau, and Bear