The birthday boy wasn't the only one enjoying his first time with furries. Meet Russel. The son of a friend of Ryuu's mother. Russel has been having some bulling issues at school for being shy and his new found love for Ponies hasn't helped. Seeing his interest in Ponies and other animal related things, his mom decided to bring him along to the meet in the hopes he would "come out of his shell". And boy did he ever!

Getting Russel to smile recently has been like pulling teeth, but he was all smiles that day! He met new friends and even got to try on and bowl in fursuit for the first time. It is his mothers goal to get him a tail and set of hand paws for Christmas.