trina fleissner: >I was wondering if anyone knows of any ferret shelters or shelters >who also deal with ferrets are competing in the animals site shelter >challenge. I'd love to have someone to vote for again this time >around. Critter Camp in IL will be in it again- we'd sure like to win IL this round! We care for 17 sanctuary ferrets- elder, adrenal, etc We'd sure appreciate the ferret community's support! It's hard for us competing against the big Chicago shelters, but we can do it with everyone's help! thanks!! Beth www.crittercamp.org [Posted in FML 7785] There are 4 messages totaling 127 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. urine remover 2. A letter from your LFFR\S Secretary 3. ETSY offerings: dead ferrets 4. 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Compilation copyrights for the FML apply. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 11 May 2013 21:19:53 -0500 From: Barbara Wiborg <[log in to unmask]> Subject: urine remover I have a ferret that I discovered has been peeing in one corner of my apartment (on carpet). I would like your recommendations for getting rid of the smell, etc. (I used a black light to find the spot easier.) Thanks! Barbara "Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." Anatole France ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 May 2013 07:54:39 -0400 From: Brenda Johnson <[log in to unmask]> Subject: A letter from your LFFR\S Secretary Hello, Over the past few months you've noticed that some things have changed with the manner that you receive communications from the Lakeroad Ferret Farm. I would like to take a moment to clarify any confusion. Brenda Johnson, aka Shelter mum, is still using [log in to unmask] as her email. This is her main email and if you wish to get in touch with her this is still the best option. Since becoming a 501c3 not for profit shelter we have been embracing some behind the scenes changes that makes it easier for many folks to work together while living in different cities and states. One of those changes was to create the [log in to unmask] account. It is our intent to send out the monthly newsletter, 'rants and raves', and any other global shelter announcements from this gmail account. While Brenda does have access to this account she does not monitor it as frequently as she monitors her frontier account. Instead this account is monitored by Tori your website admin, and myself (Brie) your forum admin. Emails received at the gmail account do not get lost, we will either forward them to Brenda or answer them directly. However I wanted to make sure that you all know that Brenda hasn't changed her email. Please accept my apologies for any confusion that this has caused. Thank You, Brie McCulley LFFR\S Secretary ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 22:00:19 -0400 From: [log in to unmask] Subject: ETSY offerings: dead ferrets OK, I'm alittle behind on postings here....but did I miss someone else getting freaked out about this?! I went to this hand-crafted goods site (ETSY.COM) and searched for "ferrets". There are tons of great items availalbe - from people clothing to ferret clothing to art....all kinds of goodies! And then comes up a thumbnail photo of an actual dead ferret for sale....and then another....and then photos of dead ferrets for sale and a skull and then a ferret penis bone!!!!! Now I'm not sure why anyone would want a preserved, dead ferret....but should it be sold on this type of site? And, really, I don't want to see a thumbnail photo of a dead anything! I try not to judge, but the shock of seeing these things next to a bedding set was .... I can't say. I certainly skipped ahead and missed whatever was next to it - sorry if your handmade ferret item was listed and I didn't nsee it! Whether a dead ferret or a dead piglet or ?....I would've been just as shocked. Multiple, close-up photos and no warning that you're about to see them.... wow ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 May 2013 20:29:10 +0300 From: Nell Angelo <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Canceling car sale -- Nell's progress towards leaving (OT) Today we did get rid of the Bad Car-Guys. Fasika was was a spectacle. E.g., when counting the money I was returning to him, he began tucking it under his crotch to separate the counted from uncounted bills. We convinced him to put it in a bank envelope instead. There were a lot of bills -- the currency's constantly being devalued against the dollar. When all counting was done, but no papers signed, he grabbed the money up and began stuffing it into his socks! I caught his hand and said he had to wait till the papers were signed. He thought that was very funny. After all counting was done, he abandoned his share of the signed papers, hid all the cash in his socks, and said he was off to buy some goats with the money and that it was going to be a great investment. He is a big, clean-cut athletic-looking guy, in his early 30's, I think, Today he came alone. Yesterday his compatriots showed up in force and they all stood around with their arms crossed, looking grim. There were four of them, three of whom are big and/or muscular. Fasika and Fekadu were dressed like gangsters -- well, mostly Fasika, who was in a formal black shirt, pants, and shoes. I greeted them like old friends. What could they do, remain all stiff and surly out in the law-school parking lot? Maru (the lawyer) was also unfazed, and had been smiling sweetly, talking with them as Abrahame and I came up. Today Fasika arrived, 2 hours late, in semi-athletic garb, well after Maru had had to go back to teach a class. But Maru'd drawn up the sales-cancellation agreements by hand while we waited. Look here for photos if you can't see them below: <http://s1144.photobucket.com/user/celebrateoften/library/Canceling%20car%20sale%20contract?sort=2&page=1> Photoshop's a bit of a trial -- you'll have to click ea photo or view them as a slideshow to see complete images. ------------------------------ End of FERRET-L Digest - 10 May 2013 to 11 May 2013 (#2013-7786) ****************************************************************