Here at 24 Carat Ferret Rescue And Shelter in Las Vegas, Nv we currently have 145 ferrets. We have 95 shelter ferrets in house, plus one boarder, long term. 50 ferrets are in foster homes. The shelter is responsible for the medical bills of the foster ferrets along with the shelter ferrets. Our current vet bill is at $2000, we pay in this weekly, with a surgery scheduled this week. Adoptions are at an all time low, but we have many great ferrets for adoption. We need help doing the adoptions at different Petsmarts. Year to date turn ins are at 227, and 5-8 more scheduled to arrive this week. We have placed 146 ferrets in to homes this year. Oue weekly basic food and litter expenses run from $50 to $200. Not includiing meds, vitamins, cleaning supplies, etc. We do an average of 30 plus loads of laundy per week. Its so sad to see so many ferrets in shelters across the USA. I want to thank Ed and Sandy for doing Pablo's raffle for us, and for the person doing the raffle for our shelter and Ferrets Unlimited, and please e mail the link for the raffle, to [log in to unmask], so I can thank you and pass the link along to my dog and cat friends. Also thank you to the person, sorry I can't recall you name, doing th ee bays for our shelter and another shelter, also could you please send the links to my aol account, weaselwom, so I can also pass them along. Our Pablo's raffle ends soon, please ck it out at 24caratferret.com Thanks to everyone that helps out out in any way, to our shelter and other shelters, as you can see ferrets shelters are in need of all the help they can. Take care, CJ 24 Carat Ferret Rescue And Shelter "where ferrets are treated like gold" [log in to unmask] 24caratferret.com [Posted in FML issue 4985]