It is with a heavy heart that I let the rest of the ferret community know that we have officially closed our doors. All charges in our care have been taken in by great forever homes and another local ferret shelter. We have touched so many lives in the past four years and have made some truly great, lifelong friends in the process. However, with our careers and, simply life, we just can no longer run the shelter the way we want to and the way it needs to be. We simply can no longer keep going the way we have. We have decided to quite before mass burn out hits and before we have way to many ferrets for the community to absorb. We want to thank each and everyone of you out there that has ever sent a word of support or encouragement, who donated items for raffle, those who bid on eBay items and on the raffles, those that were members and paid their yearly dies, and everyone else behind the scenes that lent their support in various ways. We never could have gone so long or cared for so many ferrets without all of your support. Although our hearts are heavy and the house is eerily quite without the pitter patter of multiple paws, we know we have once again put the ferrets' interest first and done what was best for them. On a personal level, I will continue to stay involved with the community by donating and helping out wherever we can. Once things are totally wrapped up, we will be sending our funds to SOS to assist other shelters that may need assistance. We also have an access of bedding and various supplies, so if there are shelters in needs of bedding, please let me know as we will be putting together boxes and shipping them out. Thank you again to everyone for your support and generosity throughout the years. Please feel free to pass this message on to whatever ferret board may be interested. Dooks to you all!! Michelle Alverson, President Ferrets-N-Limbo, Inc. A Non-Profit, 501(c)(3) organization 407-869-6981 [log in to unmask] <http://www.Ferrets-N-Limbo.org> PO Box 161432 Altamonte Springs, Fl 32716-1432 [Posted in FML issue 5159]