Thanks, Bill, yes!
I'd just been using the FML Archives to look up something else for
someone and put in the wrong addy. I practically live at the FML
Archives (the addy I gave by accident), the IFC Crit Refs (the corrected
one Bill put in), and http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org (FHL Archives) looking
up things that are needed privately and publicly. All are such wonderful
treasures and so many could be helped by the great medical resources out
there.
BTW, everyone, the best time to start learning about medical problems
is before they are encountered. That permits rapid and most effective
responses to occur, and can also help to educate vets who haven't studied
ferrets and to let them be aware of the vet level resources out there.
In fact, it doesn't hurt to begin learning a bit before getting a ferret
because that way a person knows about some warning signs before selecting
one, and knows enough to have a savings account saving money for future
medical needs which simply will occur with the vast majority of ferrets.
From yesterday's FML:
>Here are some other places with links which I suggest to anyone needing
>medical info:
>http://listserv.cuny.edu/archives/ferret-search.html (Critical Ferret
>References)
>[Moderator's note: Don't you mean the Critical Ferret References at:
>http://www.ferretcongress.org/CriticalLinks.html ? BIG]
>http://www.trifl.org/medical.html
>http://www.ferretcentral.org
>http://www.fothferrets.com/ferretinfo.html
Only speaking for myself here and not in relation to any specific subset:
I certainly can understand that when schedules are crowded that names or
addies can be more easily lost, work be delayed, note of gratitude sent
late, and so on. No problem there.
On the other hand -- also just speaking personally -- I know that if a
person helps others but is not thanked it begins to feel like perhaps all
that hard work is being circular filed (even worse is if the person is
temporarily stressed out by the hard problem and is touchy, especially
if hours have been devoted to trying to seek a solution for the person).
There have been several times when that happened for a while and I
seriously thought, "Well, maybe I'm not achieving anything." and wondered
it my energies should go elsewhere. Then I'd have a batch of thank yous
arrive out of the blue and sometimes they would be such heart-moving
ones. It sounds okay to think that people should just "know" that their
hard work to help others is appreciated, but honestly, they don't know
unless they are thanked. Taking a few seconds to says "Thanks" and hit
reply to the individual person means the world. (A private thank you
is far more personal and appreciated often, and some groups rules -- but
not the Ferret Mailing List -- do require that private approach in many
circumstances to avoid over-crowding those lists.) Taking a few minutes
to express gratitude when a large difference has been made is worth the
sky for so many who donate their hard labor, their time, their homes
(because a shelter does take over much of a home), their money, their
understanding, etc. Never forget that, and, please, -- anyone -- avoid
making excuses to yourself to not do so. It's one thing to not care
yourself if you are the one who has given and then a note can always be
attached saying, "I know that your schedule is crowded so no thank you is
needed." but at the same time realize that a thank you might be just the
sort of healing magic someone else happens to need at any time after a
kindness is received.
[Posted in FML issue 4368]
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