Hi,
 
Short post as very busy.
 
All kids still ill and many very bad.  None have left for Rainbow Bridge and
I do not intend for any to do so as long as I have a breath in me!
 
Need to tell you all that there are no FANG GANG kids at the other shelter
anymore.  I did make the trip with 9 to turn over to them.  Larry and Two
Socks did not go as they were older and they said most likely they would
never be placed.  I was extremely unhappy during the events that followed in
the turnover but will not detail this now as time is precious here.  Against
my better judgement and the feeling my gut and heart were screaming at me
that it was wrong we let the 7 go.
 
I knew once they were gone I had done the wrong thing and had done a
terrible injustice to my sweet 7 that could easily now cost them their
lives.  I had learned many things just then and knew my shelter was about as
opposite as you can get from the one they were going to.  Call me a nut-case
but I had one of my premonition feelings that my kids were in extreme danger
and they would not survive the week where they were on the way to and that
Falcon and Kanth might not survive even 48 hours there.
 
I basically had a break down that night once home then pulled myself out of
it and promised myself that I WOULD make this right again no matter what I
had to do.  After much hell I left Boise at 6 pm Sunday nite after only 23
or so hours having gone by since letting them go in Pendleton.  Mom insisted
David come tho I preferred to go alone so he was in the passenger seat.  I
drove something like 10 hours with 3 poty stops to get to my babies again.
I was appaled to see how much worse physically they were and the conditions
they had been kept in during that time.  Falcon was critical.  So thin from
obviously no food and water I wanted to scream and cry at the same time.  We
loaded my very silent and scared babies into the car and once they saw it
was me and they were out of there they perked up a bit.  We left.
 
All in all do to every damn thing that honestly could go wrong other than my
babies dying (Thank God that did not occur) the trip to get them home did
not end until 10:30 pm Tuesday nite.  We even had to spend about 3 to 4
hours in a town near Seattle getting a vet to call Idaho and then be willing
to give us what we needed for Sub-Q's for the kids as Falcon and possibly
Kanth would not have survived without it.  Later after getting home at about
4 am I checked on Falcon to find him in absolute crisis and preparing to
leave me forever.  I trashed the trip stuff we unloaded looking for all I
needed, repacked car and flew to my Mom's.  Woke her and we did Sub-Q fluids
and rest then force feedings, rest etc..... all day long.  I am thrilled to
say he is still with us and doing better today after constant care since we
got back.  He has a good chance tho nothing is certain.  This Damn ECE is
still rampaging thru here and many kids are very much affected by it even
after 17 days!!!  I never had a clue this could be so bad for so long even
from reading others stories.
 
All in all this horrible monster of a disease, as I call it, between
medicines, vet bills and everything else has cost a heck of a lot.  My
weakness and ignorance in letting my babies go from me and then the lengths
I had to go to in order to bring them home again cost me over $500 on the
credit card as well.  Cost did not matter as I knew I could not have lived
with the decision I had made regarding them and I do mean that literally.
Now I am working my hardest to make it up to them somehow.  Someday I may be
able to figure it out but I have no doubt the total is over $1000 already.
As long as my babies are all alive and get well I do not care a bit if I am
in debt forever.  Kitza and Sweetheart will go to their new homes but after
that the rest will stay with me as permanent shelter kids in the FANG GANG
as the reaction here so far has been NO ONE wants to adopt into this mess
except the great family that had already fallen in love with my two girls.
I guess these kind of people are rare here.
 
Must force feed Falcon, Kanth and others now so just remember one thing
folks.  ALL shelters are NOT the same and be very careful to check out all
you can before ever getting involved with one.  I also want to send a HUGE
THANK YOU to TLE for the 2 cases of Restore that were delivered unexpectedly
to my home on Tues.  late afternoon.  TNT!!
 
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*           Kelleen Andrews & The FANG GANG!            *
*   Founder & Operator of FANG Ferret Shelter & Club    *
*       (Ferret Association of Neverending Glee)        *
*         405 S. Orchard   Boise, Idaho  83705          *
*         208-342-7292    [log in to unmask]         *
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*    I'll take a good animal over a good mate anyday!   *
*    All they want is lots of love and great chow.      *
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[Posted in FML issue 1704]