Can you imagine life with 83 ferrets? The number of litter pans, food bowls and water bottles? And especially the amount of poop! :) Include more than half of these needing medications and soup feedings for some of the meds AND to get some weight on the kids. The new rescues are now eating our mix instead of Kit & Kaboodle, thank goodness. They're adjusting to their new surroundings altho we're still shuffling ferrets and cages around to make things more workable and finding who prefers to be with who. It's very sad seeing so many needing medical care other than the things Sandi and I can do at home. One little guy had hind end damage besides being adrenal and insulinomic. He'll have x-rays this week. Another, a big, beautiful black-eyed white with a black nose needs blood work other than us taking his bg at home, hopefully this week also. He's insulinomic, responding to pred but he still does not feel well. Another guy is very, very long, mostly bald on his hind end and so loving. He took a very long leap trying to reach me on the other side of the barrier. Fortunately, there was something to break his splat. :) About 20 need adrenal surgery and/or melatonin implants and Lupron, we've cleared up some of the gingivitis but it will only come back without teeth cleaning. We just don't have the funds to do so many things that are necessary to bring these kids back to health and being ferrets again! There's just not hours in the day to get things on eBay, pictures uploaded, etc...There's constant rotations from early morning till late at night and these kids sure don't know how to use a litter pan. Yet. We definitely could use help scooping poop! Some young, strong hands and backs! Neither Sandi or I are as young as we used to be and I definitely have her beat on age. There's still so much we need for these guys. Immediate needs are medications, surgeries, a bottle of Lupron, melatonin implants, help with vet bills..other needs are Revolution or Advantage, ADV testing, Gerber Turkey-Stage 2 baby food, Hills Science Diet prescription a/d, water bottles, lock-on food dishes, cages, litter, liter pans, quality ferret foods, Odoban, cleaning supplies, cage floor mats, Ferretone, Laxatone, Nutrical, gift certificates to Wal-Mart, Target, Tractor Supply, etc... and especially adopters and homes for special needs kids. Basically, anything at all will be deeply appreciated. Right now we have 4 bags of litter for 82 ferrets and NO funds. Scary. George, the little one from a/c who had his intestines coming out 3 days after surgery has me in debt for $1200.00. My mortgage payment for May was used for the after hours ER vet. But, he's doing wonderful now! Two beautiful little girls have gone on to their forever homes but the bad news is one has gone to the Bridge with liver failure. Her vet tech dad did as much as he could to help this tiny, so painfully thin little girl. But we were too late. This is two of the new rescues and two old time shelter kids in two weeks. We truly do need help to help these kids. Anything. Especially forever homes and homes for the special needs kids. E-Mail: Jackie - [log in to unmask] PayPal info, same as email address Sandi - [log in to unmask] PayPal info, same as email address Vet Info: John Rossi DVM, M.A. 2641 Park St. Jacksonville, FL 32204 Phone: 904-388-3494 Please let them know any funds are for The Dook Nook/Heaven Scent. I'll let you know as soon as we can get some items on eBay and when we have some pictures for you to see the kids. Please feel free to cross post. Hugs and Blessings to all, Jackie & Sandi [Posted in FML issue 5257]