So Miss Sue we understand that you are a shelter friend.
Where do you live?

I live in a Chicago suburb, Bartlett.

Is that far away from where we live in Naples NY?

About 650 miles

Yup Yup that is a long way away from us

How did you happen to find our shelter?

I was working on cartoon comics for our local shelter here and met
someone at a ferret show whom put one of my designs on a t-shirt to
help benefit the shelter. I was already doing a ferret comic strip in
their quarterly newsletter. A few years later I Googled my name out of
curiosity and saw the design I did through Ferret Farm's website.

What happened when you found the design on our web site did you get in
touch with our Mum?

I did. And we became friends right away! And I became her shelter
artist.

What made you decide to help our Mum take care of us?

Because people like Brenda Johnson are too few in this world that would
be there to help the many homeless ferrets find forever homes. That
takes a very special person whom works tirelessly to help our ferrets
find a good life.

What specifically do you do to help Mum take care of us to support our
shelter?

I do campaign illustrations, t-shirt designs-general artwork to help
her out.

Are you the artist that did the design for our web site with Andy and
Possum and now the new design for our interview page with me and Daisy?

I am. :)

How long have you been a shelter supporter?

I think it was 1995.

Do you own any fuzz butts? If so how many - if not why not?

I have 2 ferrets-Han and Solo. I've had ferrets since 1992.

Mum says Han left for Rainbow Bridge and now Solo is all by himself,
Mum says you are going to get another fuzz butt is that true?

It's been a tough several month's since we lost Han..I am contemplating
getting another furkid for our family.

Do you work out side your home and if so what do you do?

I work for a video distribution center for the last 26 years.

What do you do at your work? Is it hard work?

Its warehouse work I am a Product Coordinator. It is pretty labor
intensive sometimes.

You obviously like ferrets why?

They always interested me-I used to visit a local pet shop on my lunch
hour and saw a large pen of all sable ferrets-asked to hold one and I
was hooked!

Mum says she has never met a ferret she did not like, it sounds like
you feel the same, is that true? How many fur kids have you had at one
time?

I think the most at once were 6. Boy was that a blast!

What's your favorite game? These are the things we like to do, do you
play any of these games?

I like some card games-canasta is my favorite. Life or Monopoly was
always fun growing up. Currently, my favorite sport is bowling.

What is bowling? Can ferrets do that?

Bowling is where you put your fingers in a ball and roll it down an
alley to knock down pins. No I don't think ferrets could do it. :)

a) Running through tunnels
b) Hide and seek
c) Tag
d) jumping/digging in peanuts, dirt, rice
e) Other: please provide an example

Of course I did all of those. :)

What do you like best about ferrets?

Ferrets curiosity and determination they are very tenacious animals and
are wonderful pets in the right hands. Definitely not a child's pet.

Why aren't they not a child's pet?

As wonderful as they are, ferrets are curious and they can get into
a lot of dangerous situations. .and throughout their lives they keep
that curiosity. Definitely not a child's pet.

What do you like least about ferrets?

Ferrets tenacity to get into trouble-but then again, without that they
wouldn't be as endearing.

What kind of trouble do your ferrets get into?

Stealing our socks, chasing down the cats..trying to climb the barriers
or get under the couch...normal stuff for a ferret. ;)

If you had the power to do anything you wished what would that be?

Give good homes to all the animals that need them. And respect all in
the animal kingdom and their lives and territories otherwise they will
be gone.

That would be wonderful! Thank you Miss Sue for allowing us to
interview you, we are so thrilled that you took the time to answer
our questions.

- Sarah and Daisy
<http://www.ferretfarm.org/>

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