Possum Senior Reporter - Suzie Q cub reporter
Ziggy Reporter of a higher order
Andy watching from Rainbow Bridge

Possum Here: Remember back when I sent out an SOS to get help to set up
for the CNY adopt a Pet Expo? Well Miss Danielle B set our booth up and
spent the day teaching humans how to take care of ferrets. That was
very brave of Miss Danielle because she had never done something like
that before and she went all alone too. Mum was so proud of her for
doing that for us. Thanks Miss Danielle, me and Suzie Q are proud of
you too. Thanks for helpen mum take care of us, thanks for being a part
of our team.

Possum Here: Wow clinic was a blast, but hey don't take my word for it
because I was not there! So Meiko where were you girl? You emailed me
to say you would break me out but you were no where to be found? Having
too much fun in the play yard I'll bet.

Suzie Q Here: That is enough Possum! You do not verbally beat up
guests! Possum Here: Who is beating Meiko up? I am just asking a simple
question where were you! Anyway here is the second hand news. There
were lots of humans, lots of ferrets and lots of food and fun. The
weather cooperated for most of the day; we had a rain storm the night
before that mum did not hear because when her head hit the pillow she
went out like a light! The grass was wet for the first part of the
morning, but then the sun broke though about 9 am so things started
to dry out and get warm.

Mind you this is NOT first hand news coming from me, I was not there, I
was stuck in my cage in the shelter away from all the action! Humph the
senior reporter not involved in the real action. That is just criminal!
Suzie Q Here: Stop it, Possum they get it, you were not there, I was
not there shelter mum had far too many things to deal with to get us
up and out to go out side!

So I will go on with the news; it was hot for a bit then a breeze
would come up and cool things off for a while. Miss Joy brought her
photography stuff and took portraits of fur kids that wanted them,
all proceeds going to us shelter kids.

Then there was the auction that Miss Mary and Miss Joy do for us too,
it is all kinds of things that mum has collected and set aside, things
that come in with surrendered fur kids, things we are tired of, things
that came in because the family lost their fuzz butt so they donate
what that fuzz butt used to the shelter. Even Miss Nicky showed up
unexpectedly with some stuff for the auction. There are lots and lots
of things in our auctions. Again all proceeds go to us fur kids here
at the shelter. You can see pictures here
http://community.webshots.com/user/lakeroad2

Possum Here: Miss Mindy and her family Miss Gail and Mr. Dick spent
several weeks helping to get things ready around here for clinic day,
then on the Friday before clinic Miss Mindy surprised mum and showed up
to help set things up along with Miss Stacie K, Miss Jackie R, Miss
Jill W and mum. They got the screen house and canopies up, tables out
and covered, chairs washed and placed, the table ready for the food
the next day. Miss Stacie mowed the grass in the play yard; Miss Mindy
washed all the balls in the toy box. I think Miss Jackie washed our
pool and filled it.

Clinic morning mum did shelter duties from 3:30 till first light then
went out side to get things that could not go out the night before out
and set up. Around 7:30 Miss Genevieve got here, she was hired by Miss
Mindy to help watch Miss Mindy's Master Toby and Lord Tock. You see
Toby climbs out of everything and Tock digs under everything, so Miss
Genevieve had to keep them from getting out of the play pen. She did
an awesome job ferret sitting!

Suzie Q Here: About 8 am Miss Jill W. Miss Stacie K. Miss Mindy H and
Miss Jackie R. came back to help with more set up. Dr. Edwards and his
staff; Miss Pat N. Miss Mary M. and Miss Kim came in about 10:30.
Things really started to get hopping by then. Miss Val came in at 11 to
start up the grill she is our non-ferret friend that cooks for clinic
every year. Thanks Miss Val. By the time Miss Val got here mum was
already going crazy running from here to there, doing this and that.
Miss Stephanie came in to show her 2 legged furless kid Alex what
clinic day is like. Last but not least Miss Donna D was here and she
kept things going behind the scenes like doing laundry, dishes and who
knows what else she did while mum was acting like a ping pong ball!
Miss Donna is shelter mums life line and anchor around here. All and
all clinic day was a huge success. From all reports coming in; everyone
had a good time including the ferrets.

Shelter mum does not bounce back quite as quickly as she used to so
she has been moving kinda slow up till today - Wednesday - 

Possum Here: Sunday shelter mum did only kids and cages, Monday she had
to address a place that was not ferret safe -a fur kid got her head
caught. Clinic day Miss Mary B had a fur kid that needed to be taken
out of the heat, so mum brought him up to her space to keep cool - it
was cool that day - you see shelter mum took 2 barriers down for clinic
day, the one that separates the kitchen from the outside and the one
that separates the kitchen from the bathroom.

Later when things were winding down mum put the barrier up between the
kitchen and the bathroom and put Miss Mary's fur kid in there so she
had easy access to him when she was ready to go home. Shelter mum took
Bacon and Bits out of the play pen they had been in all day and let
them have mums space until she was done tearing down things from
clinic. When mum came in she came up to her space to get Bacon and
Bits to put them to bed, mum found Bits but she could not find Bacon.
Shelter mum looked in all the normal places she sleeps and then in the
not so normal places she sleeps she could not find her. Bacon is deaf
so it is hard to find her when she does not want to be found.

Mum let Suzie Q out in the kitchen and up in mum's space, all of a
sudden mum heard Suzie Q dooking and dancing behind her desk, mum
looked to see what was going on; shelter mum found Bacon had gotten her
head stuck between the end panel of mum's desk and the wall. Shelter
mum gently tossed Suzie Q out of the room, closed the barrier and began
trying to figure out how she was going to get Bacon out of the mess she
had gotten herself in. See Mum's desk is built in so you can not move
it from the wall. Shelter mums heart was racing, and she was so scared
she would hurt Bacon trying to get her out. Mum pulled the side panel
away from the desk, it hurt Bacon a little bit but not as much as she
was hurting being stuck between it and the wall. Mum got that spot
ferret proofed so no more heads can go in there!

Suzie Q Here: Miss Jackie came a bit later on Monday to help mum around
the shelter and boy did she get things back on track. Oh Miss Mindy
contacted me and Possum to see if we knew of anyone that could bake
Miss Gail a cake, Miss Mindy wanted a special cake for Gail for her
birthday. So when Mum saw what Miss Mindy wanted she told us to tell
Miss Mindy we knew just the right person to take care of baking the
cake. Miss Mindy wanted a litter box cake made, mum knew Miss Mindy
would tell her no she did not want mum to make the cake because it was
just a few days before clinic, but mum knew that she needed to make it
because it had to be a ferret litter box cake. Mums intention was to
make it up on Friday but when Miss Mindy showed up to work mum had to
put that idea aside. Mum initiated the new oven with the special cake;
the cake ran off the side of the cake pan and spilled onto the oven
floor and burner. What a mess it made. Miss Stacie K. was here when it
happened; mum said the mess was going to have to wait till after clinic
to be cleaned up. Luckily when it happened the cake was pretty well
done so mum turned off the oven so the cake on the bottom of the oven
did not burn. When mum cleaned it up Tuesday morning it came right out
with no fuss and not too much mess.

Possum Here: okay Suzie we gotta get this news wrapped up it is 4 pages
long and Mr. Big is gonna have a cow if it gets any bigger. Just for
the record Miss Mary B out bid everyone for the stained glass so she
took it home. Our Irene died on Monday so Miss Iliana lit a candle for
her it is here
<http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/message.cfm?l=eng&cid=10966983>

So until next month
Possum and Suzie Q

Our new store site
<http://www.notjustforferrets.com/>

Lakeroad Ferret Farm Rescue/shelter
<http://www.ferretfarm.org/>

Petfinder Page
<http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/NY559.html>

Newest Shelter Video
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0GEYL02fnU>

Shelter Video
<http://www.kwflatbed.com/videos/ferretfarm.wmv>

Fur kids with new homes
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4QDOOjil9A>

[Posted in FML 6724]