Sarah Senior Reporter Maybe Daisy can help May 2012 Sarah here: Oh boy it is almost melt down time for mum, clinic day is just around the corner here is the time and information posted on our web site. http://www.ferretfarm.org/Ferrets_Only_Clinic_2012.htm keep in mind if you want a chance to win our super duper campaign prize, bring some laundry soap with you when you come. http://www.ferretfarm.org/Laundry_Soap_Campaign.html Thanks to Miss Mindy our web site has lots of great information on it; she makes that site look awesome! Miss Tori and Miss Shaylyn came to help treat all us fur kids with Revolution, cut nails and weigh/record weights. Big job but with 6 hands it is much easier and faster then mum trying to do it on her own. The Keenen kids went home that same day, they were at camp for 10 days. http://www.ferretfarm.org/Camp_Kate_Anna.htm Izzy, Chloe http://www.ferretfarm.org/Izzy_Chloe.html and Brownie http://www.ferretfarm.org/Helped_Brownie.htm were at camp too but they went home the day before. Mum loves it when shelter kids that found a new home come back to hang out for a bit. Miss Donna came 2 days in a row to finish our property, and our play yard, it looks awesome! She is the bestest grounds keeper ever! Mum got a weekend away with Miss Kathy C. in Canada, Miss Mindy stayed at the shelter to watch us, (don't tell mum but she spoils us as much as Miss Donna does when she watches the shelter) Miss Donna came in to do yard work, Miss Marcia came to help Miss Mindy, she played with us fur kids. Miss Mindy came in early so mum could be on the road at 6 am Saturday after getting us moved and meds done. Mum parked her van in over night parking in Rochester; Miss Kathy met mum in front of the air port then they headed north to Niagara on the Lake. Mum was back by Sunday afternoon. Mum called it a mini vacation! She had a good time and Miss Kathy showed her all around NOTL, she took mum to the Shaw festival for the play Rag Time. Wow mum sure enjoyed that! If any of you get the chance you need to go see that! Daisy Here: The new Brooklyn kids did well their first night in their cage, they even used only the litter box so mum says they are adjusting well. Mum thought Petrie was trying to be the loner in the group however she found him and Minnie in the sleep box together in the morning. Bron was up in the big bed mum has on the upper shelf. When mum checked on them again after putting them to bed they were playing musical beds, Minnie with Bron on the shelf, Minnie in the hammock alone, Bron and Petrie in the sleep box, then Minnie, Bron and Petrie in the big bed. So mum says at this point she is not sure who is or is not bonded, hard to know when the business of 14 all got split up and sent in different directions. Mum gave the Brooklyn kids the kitchen and her space first the next day; they were up the stairs like they had been doing all their lives, and so they are getting stronger and more agile very quickly. Doing ferrety things like dooking and dancing, just plain being happy fur kids! Wait till you hear this! Miss Mary B our auctioneer that comes to do all our auctions for the shelter? Well she told mum she hope we have good stuff for auction this year, that was the wrong thing to tell our mum because mum told us she was going to show Miss Mary B how much she could get her for auction! Miss Kathy C was moving so the things she did not want to take with her to her new place she packed up in the car and brought to mum. Holy Moley talk about good stuff! Word got out that we needed things for auction so all kinds of stuff is showing up from everyone. Human things, pet things, out door tool things, indoor hanging on the wall things and shelter things that we can not use so mum let us put that in the auction pile too! Sarah here: Hey you! Yeah you, the white weasel with the black beady eyes! What are you doing in my news? I believe the top of the news letter states Sarah senior reporter, MAYBE Daisy can help! I do not remember asking for help this month! I do not remember mum asking you to help so what is up with you in my news? Daisy Here: WELL EXCUSE ME! I THOUGHT I WAS BEING NICE BY HELPING BUT OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LET ME! Mum here: Ladies, Ladies, Ladies there is more than enough news to go around, I have no doubt that Daisy can tell some news without stepping on your pretty little toes Sarah. Remember we do not bully each other! So let's get back on track, tell the news and be nice to each other! Sarah here: Mum got another call from her 2 legged furless grand kids asking her to come to another concert they were in at school. So she stayed up past her bed time to go. She loves that her furless kids are so close that she can spend time with them. So it is spring in New York; mum needs to get up to get us ready for a new day, then mum needs to get ready for work. Mum's alarm went off at 3:30 am she hit snooze two times! Mum got up at 4 am to get the coffee started, we fur kids moved into cages and fur kids moved out, all was going great until about 4:30 am when the power went out! Mum was in the shelter with absolutely no light, and it was still pitch dark outside. Mum fumbled around feeling for one of the flash lights Mr Dick got us! Thank you Mr Dick we have one in each one of our play rooms, thankfully mum was able to feel around where she keeps the light when we are in the dark. It gave mum enough light to get up stairs to bring the mini generator down to set it up. Mum plugged in a light, HA! Mum was back in business! Mum now needs to figure out how to thaw and warm soup for our morning meds. Mum drew some very hot water into a small pot, warmed up a ceramic food bowl with the running hot water, then put 2 frozen soup cubes into the bowl set the bowl into the pot of hot water; we have melted soup for meds. By this time the lamp starts to flicker and that goes out, looks like our mini generator is not working either, mum had to finish up meds by flashlight. Once mum got the meds done she headed back up stairs there was not much she could do in the dark. By this time mum had gotten the call there was no school so she crawled back under the covers to stay warm. Miss Mindy called to check on us at 7:30 so the system we have set up worked no word from mum someone needs to check to find out why. Miss Mindy had electricity so she knew there was no school for Naples. Miss Mindy thanks for checking on us and letting everyone know what was going on. We like this system, at least we fur kids will have someone to rescue us if there is no response from mum when you call. Daisy Here: My turn! Miss Mindy took the Brooklyn kids back to the vet to get their rabies shots; their initial check up and distemper were done 2 weeks prior, the vet was pleased they looked good, put on weight, their coats improved in just 2 weeks. Mum and Shaylyn took Miku and Kiwi to the assisted living home in Geneva for an out reach day. The old folks there just loved Shaylyn and the ferrets. This month we are taking some fur kids to Miss Shaylyn's class so she can do a presentation on ferrets. Mum is going to supply us Miss Shaylyn will supply the information. Now, for the monthly financial report. Donated Stuff April $376.13 General Donations $1,039.00 Sponsors April $360.00 Well we sure did a lot of news this month - gotta run So for this month I will say farewell my cyber friends Sarah missing Possum Daisy coming to the rescue 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 7418]