Possum Senior Reporter - Suzie Q cub reporter
Ziggy Reporter of a higher order
Andy watching from Rainbow Bridge
March 2011

Possum Here: Well March is here but spring is sure taking its time
getting here, me and mum are sure tired of being cold -

Suzie Q Here: Possum spring is on the way just a couple more weeks and
you will be complaining that it is too hot. There have been all kinds
of things going on here at the shelter - back last month we had our
open house to show off our new shelter - the weather was poopy on the
day we were going to have it so mum moved it to the next day only 3
people from far far away did not get mums message about changing the
date so Miss Nicky from Corning - Miss Christine from Auburn and Mr.
Pete from Ithaca all showed up Saturday afternoon for the open house -
Miss Donna from Rochester got here about 3:30 to help mum around the
shelter - That was some weather they drove in to get here - mum put on
a pot of coffee

- Mr. Pete opened the box of goodies that Miss Christine brought in -
and they all went into the shelter to admire the new cages - Miss
Christine was new to the shelter so she got to see fur kids and visit
with Miss Nicky and Mr. Pete while mum worked - they all stayed for a
couple of hours - Sunday morning the weather was much better so mum
sent a message that the open house was on - 14 people showed up to
visit and join in the food and fun - Miss Mindy, Mr. Dick, Miss Mary B,
Miss Iliana, Miss Loana. Mr. Clair, Miss Kathleen H. and her friend
Mark, Miss Genevieve, her mom Miss Siobhan, a new family that wants to
adopt a ferret - 3 children and their dad - mum does not remember their
names e but she does remember the sparkle in the eyes of the children
when they got to hold and love on us - mum says they have been bitten
by the ferret bug -

- Miss Mary B. did her magic with the things we no longer use - she
had an auction- we want to thank all of you that participated in the
auction on that day- there was enough money brought in to purchase the
last of the Ferret Nation add on model to complete Model 142 in the
play room - Miss Mindy H. came over to put it together and get it on
the cage - it is up and running with kids in it - thanks everybody

Possum Here: Miss Donna D. Miss Mindy H. and mum spent a whole day
weighing every single kid and clipping all four feet of nails on all of
us - Miss Donna D. got us up, set us on the scale, mum recorded the
weight in our personal data book, Miss Donna D. gave us over to Miss
Mindy H. who was waiting to cut our nails - when she took us Miss Donna
D. got another one of us - then when Miss Mindy H was done with us Miss
Donna D put us away - or in the play area we were in at the time - This
gets done every single month - well it is suppose to - Mum and Miss
Mindy H. did it for us this month and decided it was a whole lot faster
and easier with Miss Donna D. helpen - We need you next month Miss
Donna D.
 
Suzie Q Here: mum got a report that 322 of you humans looked at our
pictures http://community.webshots.com/user/lakeroad2

- Miss Brie came over to help mum get our new picture up on the wall -
it is huge Mum says once it is settled and she gets urethane on it she
will get a picture of it for you -

Oh did we tell you Miss Brie adopted 4 more kids
http://www.ferretfarm.org/Ashes_Eddie_Oliver_Rocco.html
yup! yup! yup she did 
 
Possum Here: Don't forget about Miss Ilana B - she and her other half
Bob was here measuring the wall for that picture that Miss Brie and mum
got up - Thanks Mr. Bob for taking time to come help us - Mr. Bob
played with their far away girls Bandita and Delilah while Miss Iliana
did her magic in the shelter - we are so lucky to have so many humans
that help mum take care of us - mum mutters all the time that she could
not do it without them - Miss Jackie R is still MIA - Where are you
Miss Jackie we miss you! Miss Angie from GA said she may come to visit
in the near future - oh! Oh and Miss Sue and Mr Neil are coming from
IL. next month too to visit - they are going to stay a day or two -
Miss Genevieve has been coming in to help - next month she is going to
help mum with an out reach project - they are going to an assisted
living home in Geneva with Teddy - there have been several new families
that have come to look us fur kids over - the Keenen family was here -
Reilly and his dad are looking for a buddy for their Friskie ferret
they already have - Friskie is their ferrets name - then the Sprague
family came to look us over too - they have 3 children - boy did we
have fun playing with them - mum put Bear and Weezley in the room with
the kids - they danced and played - that was a really fun day for us -
 
Suzie Q Here: Mum wants us to remind you every month until June that
June 3 - 5 the International Ferret Congress is hosting the symposium
in Phoenix, Arizona - there is lots of things going to happen that
weekend - the registrations are starting to come in - mum put a message
out to alert humans that may want to be vendors at that event - they
can contact mum if they are going to be at the event and want to set
up to sell their wares - here is the link to see what is happening -
http://ferretcongress.org/sym2011/default.html
over that weekend - we - oh excuse me - mum hopes to see you there - we
can't go - mum says it is a working weekend for her - we can stay home
and hang out with Miss Donna D - she is going to stay with us while mum
is gone - we are going to have more fun - Miss Donna lets us get away
with all kinds of things -

Possum Here: but Suzie don't forget the weekend after is our clinic day
with our favorite Doc - food - fun and the play yard will be set up to
let all the fur kids that come - hang out - that is June 11, 2011 - if
you want your fur kid to see the Doc then you need to get a
registration form from mum [log in to unmask] -
if you are coming just to hang out to have some fun then no need to
register - we include a dish to pass picnic on that day - so letting
mum know you are coming so she knows how many hotdogs to have on hand
would be good -

Miss Mary does an auction on that day too - there will be raffles and
Miss Lynne in Washington State is putting together another stained
glass piece for raffle as well - you can see some of the ones she has
done in the past - we do not have a picture of the one from last year -
this years is going to be a bit different - Miss Lynne has been sharing
the progress with mum - it is beautiful - a hint - it is going to be a
black ferret this year - here is the link to her past works
http://pets.webshots.com/album/579933675MoCmNB

well Suzie what do you think - do we have everything covered that mum
had on the list?

Suzie Q Here: it looks like it Possum - you do know the closer June
gets the more off the wall mum is going to get don't you - we thought
mum was doing melt down last year - HA! This year she has the symposium
in AZ and right after that our clinic - mum is going to really melt
down this year - so until next month -

Possum senior reporter
Suzie cub reporter

our new store site 
http://www.notjustforferrets.com/
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 
The Giving Effect 
http://ferretfarm.thegivingeffect.com/

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