A Great Weekend at the Shelter

I know it has been awhile since there has been a post here, things have been a bit hectic.

When summer arrives, it seems we end up more shorthanded than normal, and it makes things a bit more complicated.

Currently I am working on a newsletter that will be mailed out, I am waiting on my proofreaders to finish up and make suggestions for changes.

There will be another general meeting for ideas on fundraising, education programs and more. Keep watching for the date, and keep track of your ideas. I will mail out a postcard a couple weeks ahead of time.

We are in process of planning a bowling fundraiser in October. Watch for the date. We'll have good food, fun, bowling, raffle and door prizes.

Now to this weekend. We did the quarterly cage scrub. What is that you ask? Well the ferrets are put into carriers, the cages totally striped down, and thoroughly scrubbed. The cages are wiped down weekly, but this was a good scrubbing. catching all those nooks and crannies.

We also put a third level on on five two level Ferret Nation cages, no we did not increase our capacity. We worked things around so there is more floor area for the ferrets to run and play in. The humans just need to use the step ladder to clean the third level.

There was help to. Help from CALIFORNIA, and INDIANA. Lance flew in from California, he spent part of his vacation here, busting his rear.

Let us not forget Melissa, who drove 6 hours to spend the weekend here, using her personal time off to help.

And an online friend of mine, Kevin from Washington State, brought his son on Sunday and scooped poop. Kevin and his family came to area for a family event, and made time to stop and help at the shelter and chat. I asked his son how he got talked into coming to scoop poop on a family trip. He said, "That is easy, my dad said the "f" word. FERRET!" Great young man.

There were suppose to be some other folks show up, but they didn't show. But that is normal.

Now if I can find a way to motivate local folks to find a way to volunteer 4 hours a month, or donate $10 a month. If 100 people donated $10 a month, that is $1,000.00 a month, half of what we spend at the vet.

Now this is the great part. We had adoptions!! Six ferrets were adopted! On the down side, one ferret showed up in a cage being hauled in the trunk of a car.

No, we still do no have open cages for surrenders. Yes we had adoptions, but they were ferrets that were willing to live with others.

No quarantine room. No empty cages. Sigh. We so need that building.