Possum Senior Reporter - Suzie Q cub reporter Ziggy Reporter of a higher order Andy watching from Rainbow Bridge September 2010 Possum Here: Where did our summer go? It is September already so that means mum will be busy running in and out again - it also means that grape festival is just around the corner September 25/26 Will the shelter helpers that said they would come one more weekend to finish up the yard sale please let mum know when and who are going to come help - Miss Jackie - Miss Ginger and Mr Joe have already signed up to help - Mr Joe is going to play with his chain saw around here too - he is going to help mum get some of the things that need taken down out of here - Suzie Q: Mum has a brand new place for humans to help us and others if they wish - it looks pretty cool - we are not sure how it is going to work but we are up for trying it out - go take a look - <http://ferretfarm.thegivingeffect.com/> Poppet and Munchkin W. came for a play time visit - after play time their dad packed them up and headed out the door - shelter mum went back to cleaning some cages and putting kids away - mum heard the bell out on the porch so she went to see what was up - Poppet and Munchkins' dad was back - he says to mum - "I think I have a stow away" - sure enough Skooter put himself in the carrier with the play mates - he almost went home with the Walker kids - Mum does not allow fur kids to mix like that - but Skooter got himself in there all by himself - mum is still shaking her head on how he managed that - Tobias came for a play date - Stitch came to play too - mum loves it when the kids she adopted out or helped to find a home come to visit with her - Possum Here: Miss Iliana - Miss Donna - Miss Jackie - all came to help mum at one time or another they do not all come at the same time - mum has been real busy canning up the veggies she grew and some that shelter friends brought to her - so Miss Jackie and Miss Iliana have been keeping up with our play spaces so mum does not have too - while she is busy canning - Miss Donna has been keeping the yard done and the bushes trimmed and our play yard mowed - she makes our yard look awesome - We had new people come to see us - Maeve wanted a ferret and her parents wanted her to visit to see what it takes to care for us - They decided that ferrets were not the pet they thought we were and we fur kids were not for them - that is okay at least they checked us out first to make sure - Suzie Q : My turn Possum - Mum has a special request - she would like you to go though your things and see if you have any of these items hanging around the house - we are in direr need - mums word not mine - I don't even know what it means - my guess it is pretty bad - of news papers - Miss Jackie and Miss Mindy brought us some but as our pee pads wear out mum is going back to news papers in the cages - she is only using the pee pads for the sick kids now - home made ones not the disposable ones - She would like to know if you have canning jars hanging around - big ones - little ones - jelly jars - she had to buy some new ones cause she ran out when she was canning this season - oh and our microwave we use in the kitchen for heating up our duck soup is dying so if you have one hanging around that needs a new home mum will re-home it for you - also mum discovered that Wegman's uses coroplast signs for advertising - that's what mum uses around her for just about everything - one day when she stopped there to get some things she tried to get them to give her the pieces they were throwing away but the 2 people she spoke too did not want to be bothered with her - so will you guys see if the places around where you live use the coroplast advertising sighs - if they do can you see if they toss them and if so will they give them to you for us - - they are the kinds of sighs you see at gas stations and mini-marts hanging on the big poles out side - here mum found a link to show you what she is talking about in case you to do not know what coroplast is <http://www.signsanddisplayswarehouse.com/merchantmanager/product_info.php?cPath=15&products_id=39> Possum Here: Mum figures if they are going to just throw the signs away she may just as well recycle them here at that shelter - so can you guys please ask around and see if you can get the stores to send them your way when they are done with them - mum did not know what it was or how awesome they are until Miss Mindy and her mum Miss Gail got her some from where they worked - their work was throwing them away so they grabbed it for mum - only now Miss Mindy does not work where she used to and she no longer has access to it - Mum posted for some on the giving effect place too - Suzie Q: Miss Mindy came one Saturday to help mum get the cages and carriers out of the basement - power washed - and stretch wrap - that was an all day job - they got hot - tired - dirty and wet - but the cages are all out of the basement - mum got them up to the barn on Sunday - it was almost 6 at night when Miss Mindy and mum got them done so mum kicked Miss Mindy out told her to go home - Possum Here: We probably should tell the folks that there is no shelter day on September 5 - mum is going to spend the afternoon with her 2 legged furless grand kids and her adult children - mum has not seen them all summer so she wanted to see them before they went back to school - What do you think Suzie - I have no more notes do you - Suzie Q: nope I believe we have all the notes mum left us covered - we will close the news for now - signing off until next month. Super Snooper Trooper Senior Reporter signing off until next month too! our new store site http://www.notjustforferrets.com/ 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 The Giving Effect http://support.thegivingeffect.com/home [Posted in FML 6807]