Last week I sent a thank you to out in the Cliffnotes to thank everyone that helped at the frolic hoping that I hadn't forgotten anyone.  WELL......I did.  One person that was a HUGE help to me for a couple of weeks before the frolic was Mick Sartuche.  I can't believe I overlooked this very special person.  Without his help, the frolic wouldn't have been as stress free for me as it was.  Mick put up the pens, the canopies, cleaned up the backyard and trim all the bushes and trees,  set up the tables for the raffles, set up all of the coolers and was my errand boy whenever I needed something done.
 

Mick, please know that you were a huge help to me and made the frolic so much better.

Thanks,

Linda 

 

My heart breaks for these three senior sisters that came into the shelter this week.  This is why it is so very, very important to remember that these little ones will need care for their entire life, and that their life could last 8-10 years.  These little ladies are 6, 7 and 8 years old.  All three are adrenal.  The eight year old weighs 14 ounces...she is not long for this world.  I could almost bet the farm that no one will ever adopt these little ladies, they will spend the rest of their life in sanctuary.  We wonder here at the shelter why people do not stop to consider and plan for their beloved ferret becoming old and sick at some point in his/her life.  I'm betting these sweet girls are wondering the same thing.

In response to the quest for ferrets:
I, too, understand that desire to raise a ferret from infancy to adulthood and have done it myself.  I also completely agree with Lance M. about not buying a ferret ever again.  Our Arizona shelter is unfortunately becoming full of ferrets, ferrets who once upon a time were cute little infants that somebody wanted.  Now they join the ranks of the unwanted, the ferrets who became old or sick or both.  Now the odds are pretty good that they will spend the rest of their lives in shelter.  Everyone wants the babies...and they forget the thousands in shelters across the country.  At least one third of the babies we get here at NAFAR are rescues from California.

The holidays are coming.  We hope that if you are planning on adding a fuzzy family member to your household that you will consider those who have been tossed aside and are waiting for the day when they will again have a mom or dad they can call their own.  Consider adopting a ferret from a shelter or rescue.  When you adopt a healthy ferret from a shelter, it frees up much needed funds for those are waiting desperately for life saving surgeries or medications.  Adopting your next ferret is a win-win situation any way you look at it.  And if you can't take a ferret into your home this holiday season, won't you please consider sponsoring a shelter kid...it costs so little to save a life when everyone pitches in.

 

Bonnie Tormohlen
Director/CA Domestic Ferret Educational Alliance
Director/Northern Arizona Ferret Alliance & Rescue, Inc

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