Wow! I was out all day educating at a Pet Expo and I come home to a
bunch of emails already about my post. You people have great ideas! I
am so thrilled to see you all excited at the possibility. YES, feel
free to cross post to anywhere and everywhere you can.

I hope more of you reply on the FML because it can really get the
brain storming going. I am so passionate about educating the public
about ferrets. There is just so much to teach them. I mean how do you
rattle off the entire Ferrets For Dummies book in a 15 minute or so
conversation? Sometimes I find myself winded just trying to get it all
out! I find that even if people decide ferrets aren't for them through
our conversation, they still walk away saying that ferrets are a lot
more interesting than they thought. I believe this is how we have to
approach it with Ellen. We have to excite her about all things ferrets
so she will want to share what she has learned. However, this will not
be easy. You are only allowed 1500 characters or less. I had to revise
mine three times to try and fit it all the way I liked it. So, she
won't get all the info from one letter. That's the beauty of you as
individuals. You all will have something different to share with her.

I do realize that Ellen broadcasts from CA and that they are illegal
there. I hope many of you suggest bringing on the mayor, the fish and
game, or who ever can help get this out in the open for what it is.
Tell her about the petitions, the highway secures, tell it all. This is
where all those uneducated voters will see that ferrets won't breed,
and kill all the wild birds or what ever they think. Suggest she expose
the true facts on national TV!!!! She would probably have to do the
interview somewhere else I would guess. Although, ferrets are allowed
in movies somehow, right?

Write to her about S.O.S. I don't know if there are any cat or dog
S.O.S's, but I don't think so. That is who we are as a community. That
is what is special about us. We do it all with passion. Tell her about
the rescue fire, how dedicated Sukie (not a vet) is to helping us with
our medical, and much more, questions, not to mention our beloved Bill!
How we spoon feed them when they need it, how cute it is when they
scoot backwards with there paws wrapped around their precious toy. Tell
them about that big bon fire I have yet to see, how many different
color patterns they come in, about how devastated they are when they
are dumped. How hard we work to get them through their depression just
to have them diagnosed with Lymphoma. Tell her about that little jill
that lost her front leg under her negligent owners mattress, about the
rainbow bridge and the hope it brings us all. Why not tell her how we
cut their nails? Almost every time I tell someone new they state, "To
bad that doesn't work with cats". Well you know that just brings up
how similar their teeth and digestive track is. You see, everyone
can relate to something in the conversation. Just please, tell her
something. It doesn't have to be fancy, it just needs to be sent.

I know there are a million other ideas to write about. Just getting to
this paragraph I had to add two more ideas to add to the one above it.
So if you can, do some more brain storming with me. Even if you already
sent your comments in, give some fresh ideas to those who haven't.
Let's do this! Let's shine bright enough that we can't be ignored or
pushed aside any longer!

Kristin Baker, Ma

[Posted in FML 6273]