Possum Senior Reporter - Suzie Q cub reporter Ziggy Reporter of a higher order Andy watching from Rainbow Bridge March 2011 Possum Here: Well March is here but spring is sure taking its time getting here, me and mum are sure tired of being cold - Suzie Q Here: Possum spring is on the way just a couple more weeks and you will be complaining that it is too hot. There have been all kinds of things going on here at the shelter - back last month we had our open house to show off our new shelter - the weather was poopy on the day we were going to have it so mum moved it to the next day only 3 people from far far away did not get mums message about changing the date so Miss Nicky from Corning - Miss Christine from Auburn and Mr. Pete from Ithaca all showed up Saturday afternoon for the open house - Miss Donna from Rochester got here about 3:30 to help mum around the shelter - That was some weather they drove in to get here - mum put on a pot of coffee - Mr. Pete opened the box of goodies that Miss Christine brought in - and they all went into the shelter to admire the new cages - Miss Christine was new to the shelter so she got to see fur kids and visit with Miss Nicky and Mr. Pete while mum worked - they all stayed for a couple of hours - Sunday morning the weather was much better so mum sent a message that the open house was on - 14 people showed up to visit and join in the food and fun - Miss Mindy, Mr. Dick, Miss Mary B, Miss Iliana, Miss Loana. Mr. Clair, Miss Kathleen H. and her friend Mark, Miss Genevieve, her mom Miss Siobhan, a new family that wants to adopt a ferret - 3 children and their dad - mum does not remember their names e but she does remember the sparkle in the eyes of the children when they got to hold and love on us - mum says they have been bitten by the ferret bug - - Miss Mary B. did her magic with the things we no longer use - she had an auction- we want to thank all of you that participated in the auction on that day- there was enough money brought in to purchase the last of the Ferret Nation add on model to complete Model 142 in the play room - Miss Mindy H. came over to put it together and get it on the cage - it is up and running with kids in it - thanks everybody Possum Here: Miss Donna D. Miss Mindy H. and mum spent a whole day weighing every single kid and clipping all four feet of nails on all of us - Miss Donna D. got us up, set us on the scale, mum recorded the weight in our personal data book, Miss Donna D. gave us over to Miss Mindy H. who was waiting to cut our nails - when she took us Miss Donna D. got another one of us - then when Miss Mindy H was done with us Miss Donna D put us away - or in the play area we were in at the time - This gets done every single month - well it is suppose to - Mum and Miss Mindy H. did it for us this month and decided it was a whole lot faster and easier with Miss Donna D. helpen - We need you next month Miss Donna D. Suzie Q Here: mum got a report that 322 of you humans looked at our pictures http://community.webshots.com/user/lakeroad2 - Miss Brie came over to help mum get our new picture up on the wall - it is huge Mum says once it is settled and she gets urethane on it she will get a picture of it for you - Oh did we tell you Miss Brie adopted 4 more kids http://www.ferretfarm.org/Ashes_Eddie_Oliver_Rocco.html yup! yup! yup she did Possum Here: Don't forget about Miss Ilana B - she and her other half Bob was here measuring the wall for that picture that Miss Brie and mum got up - Thanks Mr. Bob for taking time to come help us - Mr. Bob played with their far away girls Bandita and Delilah while Miss Iliana did her magic in the shelter - we are so lucky to have so many humans that help mum take care of us - mum mutters all the time that she could not do it without them - Miss Jackie R is still MIA - Where are you Miss Jackie we miss you! Miss Angie from GA said she may come to visit in the near future - oh! Oh and Miss Sue and Mr Neil are coming from IL. next month too to visit - they are going to stay a day or two - Miss Genevieve has been coming in to help - next month she is going to help mum with an out reach project - they are going to an assisted living home in Geneva with Teddy - there have been several new families that have come to look us fur kids over - the Keenen family was here - Reilly and his dad are looking for a buddy for their Friskie ferret they already have - Friskie is their ferrets name - then the Sprague family came to look us over too - they have 3 children - boy did we have fun playing with them - mum put Bear and Weezley in the room with the kids - they danced and played - that was a really fun day for us - Suzie Q Here: Mum wants us to remind you every month until June that June 3 - 5 the International Ferret Congress is hosting the symposium in Phoenix, Arizona - there is lots of things going to happen that weekend - the registrations are starting to come in - mum put a message out to alert humans that may want to be vendors at that event - they can contact mum if they are going to be at the event and want to set up to sell their wares - here is the link to see what is happening - http://ferretcongress.org/sym2011/default.html over that weekend - we - oh excuse me - mum hopes to see you there - we can't go - mum says it is a working weekend for her - we can stay home and hang out with Miss Donna D - she is going to stay with us while mum is gone - we are going to have more fun - Miss Donna lets us get away with all kinds of things - Possum Here: but Suzie don't forget the weekend after is our clinic day with our favorite Doc - food - fun and the play yard will be set up to let all the fur kids that come - hang out - that is June 11, 2011 - if you want your fur kid to see the Doc then you need to get a registration form from mum [log in to unmask] - if you are coming just to hang out to have some fun then no need to register - we include a dish to pass picnic on that day - so letting mum know you are coming so she knows how many hotdogs to have on hand would be good - Miss Mary does an auction on that day too - there will be raffles and Miss Lynne in Washington State is putting together another stained glass piece for raffle as well - you can see some of the ones she has done in the past - we do not have a picture of the one from last year - this years is going to be a bit different - Miss Lynne has been sharing the progress with mum - it is beautiful - a hint - it is going to be a black ferret this year - here is the link to her past works http://pets.webshots.com/album/579933675MoCmNB well Suzie what do you think - do we have everything covered that mum had on the list? Suzie Q Here: it looks like it Possum - you do know the closer June gets the more off the wall mum is going to get don't you - we thought mum was doing melt down last year - HA! This year she has the symposium in AZ and right after that our clinic - mum is going to really melt down this year - so until next month - Possum senior reporter Suzie cub reporter 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://ferretfarm.thegivingeffect.com/ [Posted in FML 7008]