You're kidding, right???
Tell you what. You pay my shelter for a year, and I'll give you all the
"income" I generate. I think you'd be happy to retract your statement,
very quickly.
Let's see.
Shelter Bills:
Food and litter $200-300 per month. Meds, $10-200 per month. Surgeries
and vet bills, average out to $300+ per month. Want me to keep going?
There are other things. When I have a sick ferret I can go through $15-20
worth of baby food and Sustacal, etc. a week. That's all before toys,
Synphenol 3 for disinfection, accessories such as feeding syringes,
hammocks and sleep sacks, long distance calls to people who want to adopt,
photocopying of adoption forms, postage, etc.
Shelter Income:
Averages out to about $300 per month. That includes turn-in fees, adoption
fees and boarding fees. Outright donations give me maybe another $50 give
or take, per month.
Do the math. There's no profit there. If there was, I wouldn't be working
full-time at one job, part-time at another, and consulting work on the side
for yet another company.
Please don't tell peopole there is money in sheltering. It's actually a
major drain on the wallet.
Anne
[Posted in FML issue 3193]
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