I know many of you are very anxious to hear about our operation but I'm just
too tired......
 
Just teasing! :-)
 
Well, we left a little later than planned (that is usual for us so I might
as well PLAN to leave late and maybe we'd get out on time) and our little
caravan of 2 big trucks and 1 little one (containing a total of 7 people)
arrived in Topeka a little after 9.  We left Topeka and drove on to
Fredonia.  At a little hamburger place we stopped for lunch and met 5 more
people in 3 more vehicles.  After a quick lunch and a short meeting we were
off to Mr. Friends.  When we arrived, the air was just a tad bit charged and
Mr. Friend wanted to talk to the bosses, which were Kaye and I (well I told
him Kaye was but he insisted on talking to us both).  His wife would take
the ferrets out of the cage and place them in the carriers and someone would
write down the ferrets as they came out.  That was partly what we had
already planned too, as well as having tags on the carriers to be marked as
to who was inside.  Carriers and cages were lined up in the shade and food
was added.  Water would wait until the ferret was placed in each cage.  We
had just enough cages with one double sided cage empty on one side.  Nancy,
Lynda, Tina, Kimberly, Darrin, Shelly, Mark, Andrea, Shari, Shawn, Kaye and
myself worked quickly and efficiently.  Having a crew that is ferret
knowledgable and friendly is wonderful!  Everyone pitched right in.  I think
out of all of us the ferrets were the calmest.  :-)
 
As soon as we had all the ferrets in our cages and carriers and the
transaction was complete we loaded up and headed for Fredonia.  In Fredonia
we organized the ones going south and sent them with Kaye (13).  The rest
came with us to our vet in Topeka.  We again checked and labeled carriers
and cages and carried them into the surgery room.  After our work was done
there we ate supper then drove home.
 
One little boy albino decided cage cups were toys.  Each cup we placed on
the carrier he would take off then pull it back under the blankie and then
push it out, back and forth.  We couldn't leave the cup in with him as we
were afraid he might chew it up.  He was very disappointed.
 
Tonight we go back to the vets office and pick up whoever has been
spayed/neutered and they will come back to Lynda's house.  We do the same
tomorrow night.  They should all be safely tucked away at Lynda's house by
tomorrow night.  We will work with them as best we can while they are here.
Our handling will be limited because of surgeries but we will do the best we
can.
 
The females seem more tolerant of people.  There is one male sable that is
quite nippy.  Of course I couldn't resist and I just had to gently pinch his
haunch.  He was not amused.  :-)
 
There is one crippled female that was found in a trap and one female whose
vulva is extremely swollen - she'd been with a male for 2 weeks (adrenal?),
one female has a bare sore on her side, and another with a very sparse coat
and possibly pregnant.
 
more later....
 
Hugs and love to all. tle
[Posted in FML issue 1722]