Possum Senior Reporter - Suzie Q cub reporter Ziggy Reporter of a higher order Andy watching from Rainbow Bridge Possum Here: Remember back when I sent out an SOS to get help to set up for the CNY adopt a Pet Expo? Well Miss Danielle B set our booth up and spent the day teaching humans how to take care of ferrets. That was very brave of Miss Danielle because she had never done something like that before and she went all alone too. Mum was so proud of her for doing that for us. Thanks Miss Danielle, me and Suzie Q are proud of you too. Thanks for helpen mum take care of us, thanks for being a part of our team. Possum Here: Wow clinic was a blast, but hey don't take my word for it because I was not there! So Meiko where were you girl? You emailed me to say you would break me out but you were no where to be found? Having too much fun in the play yard I'll bet. Suzie Q Here: That is enough Possum! You do not verbally beat up guests! Possum Here: Who is beating Meiko up? I am just asking a simple question where were you! Anyway here is the second hand news. There were lots of humans, lots of ferrets and lots of food and fun. The weather cooperated for most of the day; we had a rain storm the night before that mum did not hear because when her head hit the pillow she went out like a light! The grass was wet for the first part of the morning, but then the sun broke though about 9 am so things started to dry out and get warm. Mind you this is NOT first hand news coming from me, I was not there, I was stuck in my cage in the shelter away from all the action! Humph the senior reporter not involved in the real action. That is just criminal! Suzie Q Here: Stop it, Possum they get it, you were not there, I was not there shelter mum had far too many things to deal with to get us up and out to go out side! So I will go on with the news; it was hot for a bit then a breeze would come up and cool things off for a while. Miss Joy brought her photography stuff and took portraits of fur kids that wanted them, all proceeds going to us shelter kids. Then there was the auction that Miss Mary and Miss Joy do for us too, it is all kinds of things that mum has collected and set aside, things that come in with surrendered fur kids, things we are tired of, things that came in because the family lost their fuzz butt so they donate what that fuzz butt used to the shelter. Even Miss Nicky showed up unexpectedly with some stuff for the auction. There are lots and lots of things in our auctions. Again all proceeds go to us fur kids here at the shelter. You can see pictures here http://community.webshots.com/user/lakeroad2 Possum Here: Miss Mindy and her family Miss Gail and Mr. Dick spent several weeks helping to get things ready around here for clinic day, then on the Friday before clinic Miss Mindy surprised mum and showed up to help set things up along with Miss Stacie K, Miss Jackie R, Miss Jill W and mum. They got the screen house and canopies up, tables out and covered, chairs washed and placed, the table ready for the food the next day. Miss Stacie mowed the grass in the play yard; Miss Mindy washed all the balls in the toy box. I think Miss Jackie washed our pool and filled it. Clinic morning mum did shelter duties from 3:30 till first light then went out side to get things that could not go out the night before out and set up. Around 7:30 Miss Genevieve got here, she was hired by Miss Mindy to help watch Miss Mindy's Master Toby and Lord Tock. You see Toby climbs out of everything and Tock digs under everything, so Miss Genevieve had to keep them from getting out of the play pen. She did an awesome job ferret sitting! Suzie Q Here: About 8 am Miss Jill W. Miss Stacie K. Miss Mindy H and Miss Jackie R. came back to help with more set up. Dr. Edwards and his staff; Miss Pat N. Miss Mary M. and Miss Kim came in about 10:30. Things really started to get hopping by then. Miss Val came in at 11 to start up the grill she is our non-ferret friend that cooks for clinic every year. Thanks Miss Val. By the time Miss Val got here mum was already going crazy running from here to there, doing this and that. Miss Stephanie came in to show her 2 legged furless kid Alex what clinic day is like. Last but not least Miss Donna D was here and she kept things going behind the scenes like doing laundry, dishes and who knows what else she did while mum was acting like a ping pong ball! Miss Donna is shelter mums life line and anchor around here. All and all clinic day was a huge success. From all reports coming in; everyone had a good time including the ferrets. Shelter mum does not bounce back quite as quickly as she used to so she has been moving kinda slow up till today - Wednesday - Possum Here: Sunday shelter mum did only kids and cages, Monday she had to address a place that was not ferret safe -a fur kid got her head caught. Clinic day Miss Mary B had a fur kid that needed to be taken out of the heat, so mum brought him up to her space to keep cool - it was cool that day - you see shelter mum took 2 barriers down for clinic day, the one that separates the kitchen from the outside and the one that separates the kitchen from the bathroom. Later when things were winding down mum put the barrier up between the kitchen and the bathroom and put Miss Mary's fur kid in there so she had easy access to him when she was ready to go home. Shelter mum took Bacon and Bits out of the play pen they had been in all day and let them have mums space until she was done tearing down things from clinic. When mum came in she came up to her space to get Bacon and Bits to put them to bed, mum found Bits but she could not find Bacon. Shelter mum looked in all the normal places she sleeps and then in the not so normal places she sleeps she could not find her. Bacon is deaf so it is hard to find her when she does not want to be found. Mum let Suzie Q out in the kitchen and up in mum's space, all of a sudden mum heard Suzie Q dooking and dancing behind her desk, mum looked to see what was going on; shelter mum found Bacon had gotten her head stuck between the end panel of mum's desk and the wall. Shelter mum gently tossed Suzie Q out of the room, closed the barrier and began trying to figure out how she was going to get Bacon out of the mess she had gotten herself in. See Mum's desk is built in so you can not move it from the wall. Shelter mums heart was racing, and she was so scared she would hurt Bacon trying to get her out. Mum pulled the side panel away from the desk, it hurt Bacon a little bit but not as much as she was hurting being stuck between it and the wall. Mum got that spot ferret proofed so no more heads can go in there! Suzie Q Here: Miss Jackie came a bit later on Monday to help mum around the shelter and boy did she get things back on track. Oh Miss Mindy contacted me and Possum to see if we knew of anyone that could bake Miss Gail a cake, Miss Mindy wanted a special cake for Gail for her birthday. So when Mum saw what Miss Mindy wanted she told us to tell Miss Mindy we knew just the right person to take care of baking the cake. Miss Mindy wanted a litter box cake made, mum knew Miss Mindy would tell her no she did not want mum to make the cake because it was just a few days before clinic, but mum knew that she needed to make it because it had to be a ferret litter box cake. Mums intention was to make it up on Friday but when Miss Mindy showed up to work mum had to put that idea aside. Mum initiated the new oven with the special cake; the cake ran off the side of the cake pan and spilled onto the oven floor and burner. What a mess it made. Miss Stacie K. was here when it happened; mum said the mess was going to have to wait till after clinic to be cleaned up. Luckily when it happened the cake was pretty well done so mum turned off the oven so the cake on the bottom of the oven did not burn. When mum cleaned it up Tuesday morning it came right out with no fuss and not too much mess. Possum Here: okay Suzie we gotta get this news wrapped up it is 4 pages long and Mr. Big is gonna have a cow if it gets any bigger. Just for the record Miss Mary B out bid everyone for the stained glass so she took it home. Our Irene died on Monday so Miss Iliana lit a candle for her it is here <http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/message.cfm?l=eng&cid=10966983> So until next month Possum and Suzie Q Our new store site <http://www.notjustforferrets.com/> 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 6724]