Kris has done an extraordinary job getting the ferrets on the 2007
Giving Tree. What started as a small task has grown in enormity - kinda
like his heart. Someone asked how we pick our ferrets off the tree.

Each year I wait till the end of the line - week before Christmas - to
take the ones nobody else wants. That is how I get my rescues, too -
give people a shot at them and then take them when nobody else will.
And, when I do, I also like to look and see if there are other ferrets
from the same shelter. I try to throw in a few items so that the other
ferrets in the shelter will not be overlooked. After all, every shelter
can use a little extra and ALL the ferrets benefit from the gifts sent
to one.

May I make a suggestion? Why not take a peek and see if there is a
shelter with several ferrets from there on the tree. Then, instead of
just taking a ferret from the shelter, why not adopt the shelter? Send
a little extra as most ferrets need some of the same items anyway. Send
a large bottle of ferretone, a few bags of treats and a few hammies or
sleep sacks. Half a dozen crocheted eggs and/or a couple of 3 packs of
the balls. You know the items are shared among the others at the
shelter and it would be so easy to just toss in another bag of treats.

I will be looking at the tree for a shelter with some unclaimed
ferrets - why don't you? Oh, and see if you can find ME on the tree!
(Not the ferrets in my name, but ME!)

-- 
Renee Downs
It's amazing how much can be accomplished if nobody cares who gets the
credit!
"The most effective way to do it, is to do it." Amelia Earhart
Ferret Emergency Response, Rescue & Evacuation Team (F.E.R.R.E.T.)
http://www.ferretemergency.org
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International Ferret Congress
http://www.ferretcongress.org
American Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org

[Posted in FML 5819]