Another day at the BCM ( 10/18/08 )

Last Saturday, JJ and I travelled to Boston and the
Childrens Museum for "Critter Day" with the Ferretwise
folks. Austin went with us last year, but he sadly passed
away from bone cancer this past spring. First, he got
his daily serving of soup, which he loves, then we were off.
We got there around about 10:30am and Dino met us
at the back door loading dock to let us in. Things were
already in swing, and we didn't open until 11:00! Turns
out there was a PBS camera crew running around the
museum and they decided to do a piece on us for a kids
show. I didn't get to make my TV debut, but they did
a spot with Alicia and talked about our furry friends.
After that we got things set up and were ready for the
business of introducing ferrets to any children that
came by, and they did.

This year there were 4 of us there showing off the
ferrets, Alicia and Dino, Susan and I. They brought 4 ,
Elrich, Barney, Destiny, and Blossom. We had a playpen
set up for who ever was on show at the time with a tent,
a sleep sack or two, food, water, and a litter box. And of
course treats! JJ had to take a back seat for a while
since he doesn't get along with other ferrets, just people.
So we set about the business of introducing and answering
questions. One little 2 or 3 year old guy thought Blossom was a
stuffed toy and tried to grab her from me at one point,
fortunately his father saw it and stopped him, then he
started crying because he wanted the toy. He just
didn't understand Blossom wasn't a toy. She was a stuffed
animal though! Wow, did those guys eat a lot of
treats! N-bones, cheweasles, foamy fries, cheerios,
you name it.

Once the 4 got tired, they went in for a nap, and JJ
got to come out and say hi, boy was he happy, he had
his share of treats, and got to look around the play
pen wondering where the ferrets that matched the smells
in there were. He didn't get to stay down long, I kept
picking him up to introduce him to children that came
by. Everybody loved him of course and he was very
patient with them. JJ didn't seem to get tired, even
when we put him in, and took out the 4 after their nap,
he was awake and bouncing around! We were there from
11 am to 2 pm, then we packed our stuff up and headed
for home, We were sorry to say goodbye, because
the kids were still coming, but our time was up and the
ferrets were pooped.

On the drive home JJ slowly, VERY slowly settled
down. He was still excited from all the new sights
and sounds he had been through. He was up until we
got home and I settled him back down in the room with his
brothers and sisters, Lil, Ozzie, LizBeth, and Sasha. Back
in his room with all the familiar smells, his poop was
finally popped, he crashed until after the Red Sox game,
when it was his turn to come out and run around.