Hi all, Well as you can see my new server is finally up and running as of tonite. Can you believe this but since my old server was so awful neither David nor I could connect at all in the past 4 or 5 days to download the new software we needed just to change over? Aarrgghh! Well we finally did it so please send all mail to [log in to unmask] now and it should get to me everytime I try to get it I hope. Anything has to be better than DMI was for us. I don't know what the problem was exactly but I dealt with it for a very long time before I finally had to change so I could get my mail from all of you reliably:-) I hate to say this but it has been one crisis one right after another for about 2 months or so now and that has kept me from posting much and still is. David arranged a ferret rescue last week and had delivered to him two small boys in need af a new home. A few problems tho, once at my house I found they were two girls not boys! Aarrgghh! She had them for their entire life of 1 1/2 years and took them to the vet etc... and everyone said they were boys, no wonder they act the way they do. What I mean by that is that there is a second problem, one bites waaaaay to hard when overly excited and the other is a stalking vicious little girl right now. I am trying very hard to earn their trust and make them realize they are safe here. Then we can really concentrate on the stop biting techniques. I can't even sit at the pooter without fear of having my feet viciously attacked right now. I have been nailed by her many times already. I refuse to call them by name as they were called Yacko and Wacko. What a mean thing to do in my opinion. So right now the vicious one is often referred to as MUNCH among other sweeter names and the other girl is only called by sweetie, honey, baby girl, etc... I will probably let the new parents name them if they can ever be rehabilitated enough to be adopted out. God I hope so as 11 permanent FANG GANG members is far too many as it is and I have yet to find a single interested party for the 3 bros. So right now I have 7 shelter kids here and my 11 making a total of 18. WHEW! Plus the two new kids do not seem to understand the concept of using a potty box when they have their freedom. I have become the ever vigilant pooper picker upper:-) Such fun <GGG> Lightstar is doing great so far and he was perky and up and running right after the surgery even. I am really hoping once his hormones level out he will become a sweet not too often fighter like the other wonderful kids are. Otee's surgery has apparently failed to fix the pee pee problem and so off to the vet again we must go. Wow, my own kids are costing me a fortune right now so I am sure glad the FANG FUND was able to cover all the shelter kids needs without my personal financial help. THANKS AGAIN to you all! It has also been a bad time as I was made aware of a threat to ruin FANG and I, but I have now decided to ignore this person as I know the FML'ers are very smart and will know a lie when they hear it. Sweet Silver has yet to have her spleen out but we hope to be able to afford it real soon. My own kids needs have to go directly on my credit card so once in awhile I have to wait a few weeks to get things done if it is not a life and death matter:-) I feel bad about it but plan to get it done asap. Casey and CJ will go to a new home on Wednesday and be spoiled rotten as far as I can tell. The new Mommy has gone and bought all kinds of stuff even before getting final approval from me to adopt. The new Mommy did not want to keep the names they had so Casey is now Cassie (No biggie there) and CJ, well I need to tell you the background 1st. This woman and her hubby had a great dog named CJ awhile back. They left on vacation and a burglar broke in. CJ was in his kennel but was such a loyal dog he tried desperately to get out to defend his property. Unfortunately his collar got caught in the fencing and he hung himself. The parents were nearly destroyed upon learning this. So CJ is just not an option here and I fully understand that. She called the other day to tell me the new names and when it came to CJ she very quietly asked me if I would mind too much if she named her Kelleen! I nearly broke down and cried right there on the phone. I managed to hold it together long enough for her to finish all she wanted to say and was so humbled by her compliments to me. I said I did not mind and then hung up and cried my heart out. I am very bonded to little CJ and was having the most terrible time facing the fact that she was now leaving me. I honestly didn't know if I could go thru it and survive this time we were that close. I personally think that is the biggest danger in running a shelter and the hardest of things I have to cope with here. Once in awhile a baby comes along that you just can't help but give your entire heart to. I have now pretty much accepted her leaving but can't believe my sweet baby will now carry on with my name too. I find myself completely unable to call her by that tho at this point:-) Sounds too weird to me <GG>. Her new Mommy seems very interested in helping FANG and getting really involved with us so I am ever so grateful for that too. I can always use all the help I can get. PLEASE still keep Otee in your thoughts until we can figure this all out and help him have a much better life than now. He will go back to the vet possibly tomorrow. Also tomorrow I have an early a.m. meeting with a woman that runs another shelter in a nearby town that I met back at the Zamzow's Pet Expo. She told me she has developed a great donation base right here and is willing to help me to do so also. YAY!! I am trying real hard to do just that right now and so a lot of my time will be spent in doing as she teaches me to do tomorrow. Without all the help and donations from my wonderful FML friends and now FANG members I could never have helped all the little ones I have so far but now it is imperative I put all my spare energy into developing a donation base right in my own state. I cannot and will not keep depending on out of state help only as it isn't fair to all of those wonderful folks. I just needed to find a teacher here that has done what I need to do and is willing to help me also. Now I hope I have found just such a person. Wish me luck guys:-) So you can see how very busy life suddenly became here for me:-) Everytime I find homes for some of the shelter kids I always get more to replace them and sometimes even before they are gone <GGG>. At least I know with me, David, Michell, Mom and the rest of the FANG GANG crew they have a very good chance to live a wonderful life from this point on. I will post when I can and try to keep you at least updated on the kids with short posts often. If you ever need us please feel free to write in private, I can always make time to help someone really in need. See ya soon hopefully! TNT! ******************************************************* * Kelleen Andrews & Her FANG GANG!!!! * * President and Founder of F.A.N.G. Shelter/Club * * (Ferret Association of Neverending Glee) * * 405 S. Orchard Boise, Idaho 83705 * * 208-342-7292 * * [log in to unmask] * ******************************************************* * I'll take a good animal over a good mate anyday! * * All they want is lots of love and great chow. * ******************************************************* [Posted in FML issue 1634]