Guess it my time to put my two words in regarding Petco Selling Ferrets! Just my thoughts, Stop buying from Petco let them know you won't shop at their stores, and tell everyone you come into contact not to shop at Petco and why. Let them know where Pet Stores are that don't sell animals! Maybe its time to get the Media involved! I am so happy to announce that one of the best Pet Stores in my area now no longer carry Ferrets. The Ark Pet Store sold to one of my close friends that I use to work for, and instead of continue the practice of selling animals. She will sell only pet supplies and will ask shelters to come in and have "Shelter Days" and hopefully find homes for all the "Tossed Away Animals in the Seattle Area". Hopefully, this will help Washington Ferret Rescue and Shelter find homes for the 40-50 ferrets that we now have at the shelter. I am not sure how many we have right now. In the past couple of weeks we have been getting 5 ferrets in a week or more. Yes, and as usual there are many of those that won't be adopted because of age, health ect. Yesterday, Liane was over at my house and informed me she just got in 5 more ferrets this morning. One lady that brought in her two ferrets with adrenal problems comment was - - "I can't deal with this anymore". She had been taking them to our vet for Lupron shots and decided she was finished no more - - someone else can deal with it" I am out of it. You take these ferrets. Of course Liane took the ferrets and hopefully as long as our shelter money last we will continue to take care of them! Yes, we do need people that are willing to volunteer as Foster Parents for all these ferrets that are ill or need special care. So if you are in the area and can do it contact Washington Ferret Rescue and Shelter! If you can't foster, we sure could use more volunteers cleaning the shelter, washing bedding, loving ferrets, trimming nails, cleaning ears, bathing ferrets. The volunteers we have are really getting worn out! Also if you have items you can donate to the shelters, please do. We got a few hammies from someone in Ohio a couple of weeks ago and they did not put their return address on the package so we have no ideal who this wonderful person was. Please please know that we sure thank you! We don't get many gifts of hammies or other ferret items, so we really appreciate it when someone does such a kind deed! Yes we really need more hammies. So if you do sew and have time, we sure could use more. With all these ferrets coming into the shelter we never have enough! Please check our updated Website for all the new ferrets that have come into the shelter. WashingtonFerret.org Heck my ferrets here said don't forget us mom, We could sure use some more too!LOL I don't think you can ever have enough hammies when you have so many ferrets. I feel like I am washing all the time, and waiting for them to dry and get them back in their cages before their playtime is over! Well better get off this computer and back to ferret feeding, cleaning. Oh what a life, who would ever dreamed my days would be spent taking care of ferrets. Now hand feeding around 9 ferrets Chicken Gravy once a day. This past week one of my first ferrets, Mary Jane passed over to Rainbow Bridge. She was 5 years 9 months old. Still not sure why, but I know I did the best I could for her in her last hours. She died in my arms. Mary Jane came from Charlie Herring (Pumpkin Ferretry) in Southern Oregon. Charleen Schuster http://members.tripod.com/ferretails Ferretails! http://washingtonferret.org Washington State Ferret Rescue and Shelter [Posted in FML issue 3856]