So, did you do it yet????? Why not??? Can't afford it??? How about giving up your morning cup of coffee at Starbucks, Wawa, Dunkin Donuts, etc. for 7 days - how much money is that??? Skip the can of soda with lunch for two weeks (have a glass of water) - how much is that, plus look how much healthier??? Pack lunch for a couple days. Do you smoke, play the lottery - well, you get the picture! I had to post again to say that I copied my message to my two favorite shelters so they were aware what was going on. Guess what I heard back????? I heard a story of one shelter mom hanging up the phone just before reading my email with a woman who wants to turn in two, maybe four ferrets. Big deal, right? Happens everyday.... But this woman has two senior ferrets, both with either/both insulinoma and/or adrenal and has not had them treated. She knows these poor things are dying and she does not want to watch. So who gets the call to take on this burden, yes, the closest ferret shelter. This just by coindence happened to be someone I mentioned in my post, someone I know personally and think the world of. For those of you familar with older ferrets in this condition, you are aware of what will happen to them in a shelter. For those who have never heard the story, the ending is not happy. Older ferrets have a difficult time adapting to this kind of change to begin with, but to put them in a shelter this ill is a death sentence, a quick horrible death sentence. Most sick, older ferrets will quickly die. Again, who gets the joy of watching this??? Shelter moms and dads. Maybe you would never turn in your old ferrets to let someone else watch them wither away, but some people do. And to show our gratitude to those people for trying to provide comfort and love for even a brief moment to those older ferrets, we should at least make the minimal offer of $10 towards the care those old babies need. This is not just for the ferrets, this is for the shelter moms and dads too. This is the way everyone else can say you are appreciated, we are thankful that you are there to save those babies and old fuzzies in need and pain. How about the little babies??? The other shelter mom I mentioned emailed me last night with a story about young kits being left out in this sweltering heat. Can you imagine being put in a box and left in this blazing sun the east coast has had the past few days until someone found you??? Those babies would have died of heat exhaustion if not for a special shelter mom. For this, I'm saying send $10. Isn't the time these people give everyday worth $10?? There are thousands of people reading this list everday, if only 1,000 people donated just $10 to a shelter of their choice, that is $10,000 going to the aid of fuzzies in need. Maybe not all at one shelter, but a little for everyone is a wonderful thing. And if nothing else, it lets the shelters know we care more than just typing emails/posts complaining about how lousy other people treat their fuzzies. If you have EVER posted about someone's treatment of their ferret, then you are obligated to put your money where your 'fingers' are and truly help. Hugs to all, Jen and Gang [Posted in FML issue 3047]