Possum Senior Reporter - Suzie Q cub reporter Ziggy Reporter of a higher order Andy watching from Rainbow Bridge April News 2010 Possum Here: Happy Happy New Year! Suzie Q Here: Hey Possum you already did the New Years mews it is Easter now! Man you are getting really forgetful in your OLD age gray too for that matter! Possum Here: I am not old and not forgetful maybe a bit gray though. I was just making sure the humans out there were paying attention. We have some really important things to tell in this month's news. Suzie Q Here: Yah right what exactly is that? I get the same notes you do from shelter mum about what is to go in the news and I do not see anything in MY notes about more important stuffs than any other stuffs we have notes on. Possum Here: HA! That is because when important things are going on in the shelter I am not sleeping like you are, I am paying attention to what is being said, that is how I know about the more important stuff! So here is the poop on some important stuff, we told you humans a while back that we have this very nice lady helping shelter mum pull things together so our shelter can become a not for profit organization, shelter mum says it is a 501(c)(3). Suzie Q Here: We already told them that; why are you telling it again? Possum Here: If you would let me finish you would find out what is so important! The board of directors are set, Miss Kathy is working her fingers to the bone putting the information together but ultimately (like that big word? shelter mum taught me that one) it is Shelter Mum that has to pull the information out of the shelter records and get them to the correct person for them to do what needs doing so Miss Kathy can get it on the correct form for the 501(c) (3). Shelter mum is reading emails, keeping track of the FML, IFC, and all the other important things she has going on in her ferret life, including US! However some of the emails are not getting answered in a timely manner but shelter mum wants you all to know she is paying attention and if there is a post that has a sick ferret in need or a fur kid that needs a place to go she is on it but the other stuffs is getting set aside so she can get this 501(c) (3) stuff together for the board and Miss Kathy. She asked us to ask you to be patient with her. Suzie Q Here: oaky okay they get it Possum! Now can we get on with the other stuff? Mr Pete B. came in to see us, deliver the mending Miss Lisa B. did for us, he swept the floor while shelter mum cleaned cages. Miss Donna came in to play with Dancer and ME!!!! Cause I am special to her. She picked up our toys and fixed our poo papers. She even raked some of the leaves in the yard, she hates raking leaves but shelter mum had not gotten the leaves off the flowers so Miss Donna did it. Thanks Miss Donna! Miss Margaret from Staten Island picked up a fur baby that was living in the Bronx to bring him all the way up to Naples to shelter mum because his owner did not want him any more. He was only 12 weeks old and already in the shelter. Shelter mum says that makes her really sad. So when Miss Janette came to look at shelter mums computer to see why it has a mind of its own, shelter mum took Miss Janette into the room to meet Stitch. It was love at first sight! Miss Janette took him out of the cage and held him the rest of the time she was here working on the computer. Stitch went home with Miss Janette the following Thursday. Pictures of them the day they met are on our web site http://www.ferretfarm.org/Stitch.html Possum Here: Don't forget about Miss Whitney and Mr Sam they came to see us too, looking to adopt. Bacon and Bits fell in love with them. After some visits with us and discussions about their short term future plans they decided it would not be fair to Bacon and Bits to take them home with them because they had so many things going on between March and July. One being they have no home to go to because they are graduating from college in May, then getting married then finding a job to where ever there is one. So Miss Whitney contacted shelter mum to see if they could sponsor Bacon and Bits instead. Mum sent them the information she is now waiting to hear from them. Miss Jackie R. has been dropping by to pick up dirty laundry to help mum keep up. Shelter mum does a minimum of 3 loads a day 7 days a week but when she strips cages there is more bedding to wash and 3 loads do not keep us in clean laundry, so Miss Jackie takes 3-4 loads home with her to do for us too. When she brings the clean laundry back she sometimes brings mum lunch/dinner too. Miss Jackie knows shelter mum sometimes forgets to stop and eat so when she brings in the already cooked food mum sits and refuels. Thanks Miss Jackie for helping us take care of our shelter mum. Suzie Q Here: Hey Possum don't forget we have an update on the sick stove! Remember when Possum told you our stove was sick and mum was burning things (shelter mum is a good cook when she gets time to cook so don't even go there) she was burning our Duck soup, well Miss Jennifer B. tried to help by getting a repair man in to fix it only it was not really that fixable so shelter mum got a call from Home Depot that there was a new stove going to be delivered on Thursday. Miss/Mr. Anonymous got it for us so mum will not burn our Duck soup any more. Miss Jackie came to sit with us to be here for the delivery. You can see pictures at http://community.webshots.com/user/lakeroad2 Shelter Mum made us a new batch of soup yesterday nope. Nope. Nope, no more burned soup. Miss Jennifer B. called mum to see how the fixing of the stove was going mum asked her if she was the one that bought the stove she said no it was not she. Me, Possum and shelter mum say thanks Miss/Mr. Anonymous for our new stove and no more burned duck soup. Miss Iliana comes to help on Thursdays she brings us water when she comes. Miss Iliana decided she wanted to sponsor Bandita and Delilah so she is their not so far away far away mom. Pictures of them are on our site too. The girls have so much fun playing with their far away mom. http://www.ferretfarm.org/Bandita_Delilah.html Possum Here: we got word that 489 of you went to our webshots site to look at our pictures http://community.webshots.com/user/lakeroad2 that is so great that you go look to see what is going on here at the shelter. Miss Mindy has been really busy keeping the web site up and running. There have been all kinds of glitches so she has had to spend time fixing them. Shelter mum says she is such a blessing to put all the hours into our site for us. Thanks Miss Mindy! Suzie Q Here: Hey Possum don't forget we need to tell about Ferret Only Clinic day; Miss Mindy has all that information up on our site now so you can go here to see what is happening http://www.ferretfarm.org/Ferrets_Only_Clinic_2010.htm Clinic day is coming up fast! Well Possum I think we have all the notes shelter mum left us covered and then YOU'RE important information because you stay awake is done so we better close this news before Mr. BIG tells mum our news is too long to go on the FML! Possum Here: Mr. BIG will not tell mum we can not put our news on the FML he just rolls his eyes and fixes it so it will fit. Suzie Q signing off until next month. Super Snooper Trooper Senior Reporter signing off until next month too! Lakeroad Ferret Farm Rescue/shelter <http://www.ferretfarm.org/> Petfinder Page <http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/NY559.html> Newest Shelter Video <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0GEYL02fnU> Shelter Video <http://www.kwflatbed.com/videos/ferretfarm.wmv> Fur kids with new homes <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4QDOOjil9A> [Posted in FML 6658]