As I'm sure everyone knows, there are 65 re-surrendered DMK ferrets
back in Ohio right now at Lori's. These kids have all been
spayed/neutered and vaccinated. They have NOT been ADV tested.

Since the holidays are upon us and lots of people will be traveling
by car, if you can give a ferret a ride, please contact me with
TRANSPORTATION in the subject line. We have someone who is driving from
CT to Salt Lake City for Christmas and has agreed to make some room in
her car for traveling McKids. We have had requests to adopt McKids from
Chicago, Tennessee, Missouri, Kansas and Florida and are looking for
transportation for them as well. Some of the volunteers have agreed to
do short "jaunts" in and around the state of Ohio for adopters too.

If you have room in your heart and home for another kid or two, please
email me with ADOPTION and please put your state abbreviation after the
word adoption, i.e. ADOPTION - TN.

We had 17 adoptions set up for York this weekend, but unfortunately
Lori became ill and couldn't make the drive. So anyone traveling from
the Ohio area back to the east coast -- these same ferrets could still
use a ride!!!

I know there has been a lot of "discussion" amongst the ferret
community regarding certain facets of the rescue, but PLEASE, these
McKids have nothing to do with our human disagreements -- they are
living, breathing, loving creatures that need somewhere to call home.
THEY DESERVE THAT. We also have a need for carriers to transport them
in. The last rescue wiped out almost every single carrier Lori had. So,
if you've got some extra carriers, please email me with CARRIERS and
your state abbreviation so we can begin to coordinate getting them to
Ohio, if possible. If you would like to send carriers to Lori's, email
me and I will provide you with her mailing address.

Potential adopters should know that these ferrets have not really been
socialized. Some are totally manner-less and need a few weeks or months
at charm school, to say the least. Some are very well mannered for a
McKid and have very few issues with humans. All need time to get their
ya ya's out in the playpen before their attention span kicks in. We
will be unable to accommodate color requests or gender requests (please
note that the majority of these ferrets are females) although, if
someone wants to adopt but has to have a male (for example) because
their female won't tolerate any other females, we will TRY to honor
that because that means a ferret gets a home. If, like me, you just
personally prefer big fat boys, we probably can't do that.

One thing I've learned from this rescue is that it would have been
IMPOSSIBLE if not for everyone pulling together. To all those people
that stepped up to help out, thank you from all of the Mckay kids out
there who finally know what it's like to be loved.

For those shelters that took in McKids from the last rescue, Renee
sent me this info regarding Petsmart Charities and their spay/neuter
program. Check it out to see if you QUALIFY FOR GRANT MONIES TO COVER
YOUR MCKID SPAY AND NEUTERS: Go to
<http://www.petsmartcharities.org/animal-welfare/grant_app_categories.php#fasttracksn>
and click on Fast Track Pre-Adoption Spay/Neuter Grant Application Form
to get the pdf application. There is a checklist to see what you need
to do to qualify.

[Posted in FML 5817]