October 29, 2023:
Sigma Psi Zeta Sorority, Inc. | Alpha Lambda Chapter FA'22 |
Rochester Institute of Technology students spent the day with us on October 29, 2023. These ladies helped us get the summer furniture put away in the garage for winter, mixed ferret food, sorted the ferret toys, putting the ones that needed to be washed into a laundry bag, and the ones in disrepair thrown away.
We enjoy their time with us, and the assistance they give while they are here. The ferrets love to help them help us. Thank you ladies!
June 10, 2023:
Hello cyber friends and shelter supporters! We want you to meet our newest volunteers. Their parents bring them to Naples to help us out weekly. Mum took this picture of them last Saturday. Mum puts the jobs that need doing on the white board, each of them pick a chore to complete. When they finish the list Mum lets them hang out with us, they usually get the last 1/2 hour to play with us before they leave. Mum says they are a great help to her and we love hanging out with them.
June 10, 2023: Clinic day went great! Miss Donna got here first. Mum shut down the kitchen, porch, library, and ferret room, for easy flow to the shelter main room putting morning shift away and getting 2 night shift cage groups up. We were down 1 play area because Miss Mary B had 2 of her new fur kids in that room. They were ferrets that we were asked to take but we declined because our shelter is full. Mum reached out to Miss Mary to see if she would take them. The two fur Kids got a home.
Our volunteers kept Mum from running, Miss Tina and Miss Donna stepped into Mum's shoes. Mr. Brandon came to spend the day with us again this year, he kept Mum from falling on her nose several times, literally. Miss Kris sat in the X-pen with shelter fur kids that Miss Tina brought out to have some time to enjoy the outside with humans, Miss Tina also clipped nails. Miss Myla and her friend Stella also helped clip nails.
Miss Mary Ellen took pictures of the raffle winners, she also helped Mr.Tom with the raffle ticket table. Miss Mary B. ran the raffle, Miss Myla helped her by pulling the tickets. We had a new family join us this year, Miss Bre also took pictures of our day. Her daughter Sunny wants to volunteer with us.
Our Favorite Doc (OFD) came into the shelter to check us shelter ferrets, OFD helped Hyde cross over Rainbow Bridge, the mass on his left side was inoperable. Bear and Tigger have a mass on their spleen that can be removed if it has not materialized. Mum got a text from OFD at 4 Saturday afternoon if she can get the two to Brockport at noon on Thursday the 8th OFD will do an x-ray, if the masses can be removed he will do the surgery then. Mum's text answer was she will make it work, see you Thursday afternoon.
The day was perfect, warm and breezy perfect for ferrets and humans alike. We had another new family join us, Miss Mary Z and her daughter. Allison one of our regular volunteers came to be a runner for Mum, she and Sunny hit it off nicely. When Barbra Z. came to pick up Miss Allison, we invited her to join us for lunch, she accepted she sat with Mum to visit while she ate.
After raffle tickets were picked, prizes collected the volunteer crew started putting things away, Mr. Mike got all of Mum's garden equipment put back in the garage, pens, canopies, blankets picked up, things tore down and put away. The property has no evidence we had an event on Saturday. We are blessed to have so many volunteers make events like clinic day go well!
April 29, 2023: Hello cyber friends and shelter supporters! Boy did we have a very busy day April 29th 2023.
The fall 18 Delta Class Alpha Lambda Charter came to our shelter to help with things that needed doing. Mum says we are so blessed to have them come to help. They work hard and are fun to be around.
We had 4 of our regular volunteers here as well. Miss Molly and Miss Melissa worked in the shelter while Mum, Miss Tina and Mr. Tom worked outside with the students. Miss Molly and Miss Melissa come to help every week so Mum felt comfortable leaving them in the shelter while everyone else was outside doing things. Mum had a list of things that needed to be done. Miss Tina and Mr. Tom came to help supervise things, Mum directed and answered questions as needed. The inside crew got here at 9 am, the supervisors got here at 10:30, the students got here at 11. There were 8 students that came to work hard and get dirty with clean up. The day was damp and cool perfect to work in.
There were 10 assorted cages that came in over the fall and winter, all donations. The cages needed to be stretch wrapped, some needed to be put together, before wrapping. 4 students worked on wrapping cages, 2 other students worked on putting cages together, Mr. Tom collected the pieces and parts so they were all together for assembly. Once the cages are covered they are stored up in our big barn. Miss Tina drove the lawn tractor with the flatbed attached, we put the covered cages on the flatbed to be taken to the barn. 2 students walk behind the flatbed to be sure the cage stays on.
Once the students had the cages out of the garage and up to the barn, they started bringing the summer furniture out to the lawn. After the garage was empty of summer furniture the students swept the floor and got the leaves that had blown into the garage out. Mum hooked up the garden wagon, the students picked up the leaves put them in the wagon. Mum drove the garden tractor and full wagon out to the garden compost bins. One of the students followed to help unload the leaves into the compost.
Miss Tina and the students filled the second empty wagon, when Mum got back with the empty wagon she traded empty for a full wagon. Mum, Tina and the students did that until they had all the leaves raked, picked up and out to the compost bins. Mum was told the students choose to come to Naples to help because they love to help animals, when they come to Lakeroad Ferret Farm to help we actually get to do things that makes a difference and helps Mum.
Mum was told the students are planning to come each semester. Mum says the students are not only extremely helpful but fun to be around. Mr. Tom handed each of the students a shelter calendar as they were leaving, they were thrilled. Mr. Tom is our benefactor that makes our shelter calendars available to share. After all the jobs on the list were complete, Miss Tina brought the students up to the house to hang with the ferrets before they had to leave. Mum says we are so blessed to have so many that contribute to our success in caring for the ferrets that come through our doors. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for helpen Mum take care of us!
Sinclaire O., Lyric B., Micheala S., Tia S., Erika S., Eliana D., Meagan M., Chenxing W.
April 10, 2023:
Hello cyber friends and shelter supporters! We have some news. Mum was invited to speak with the B.O.C.E.S. Animal Science class' Monday April 10. Mum taught both the morning and afternoon class. She took five of us to show us off. Miss Donna came to stay with the rest of the residents at the shelter while Mum was gone.
We had a great time, we got passed around and loved all day long. The teachers even gave us some new toys to play with while we were there.
The day turned out well, Mum spoke to the two classes both had over 35 students. The morning class were seniors, afternoon juniors. Mum got to school early expecting to see the students getting off the bus, fortunately one of the teachers saw Mum sitting in the parking lot. The students were already in class. Two students came out to help unload our stuff from the van. They brought out a cart that carried everything but the bag on wheels. Easy peasy.
The students helped set up the pen, put the blankets and fur kids in it when the pen was ready. At the end of the day tear down was done in reverse by the afternoon students. The class had 4 teachers. Mum said It was a long day but she thinks the students enjoyed the class. A few of the students asked if we could come to class once a week.
The students ask a lot of great questions, they all wanted to hold us. Mum let them pass us around the class while Mum spoke. When class was over, Mum took a class picture, with the students holding us. The students pointed out there were only 5 of us and 30 of them, Mum said she would take multiple pictures so after each picture the students passed us to another student so Mum could take more pictures. That was fun. When we got home Miss Donna put us away, we crashed from exhaustion, that was a really long busy day for us.
We hope you enjoyed our report.
April 9, 2023: Hello cyber friends and shelter supporters, Eenie dropping in to say Happy, Happy, Easter!! We wish for you a warm, sunny day with family and friends. That's me looking for my Easter basket. I got up there all by myself!
March 4, 2023: Mum and Dr. Edwards (OFD) have decided June 3, 2023 will be the day humans and ferrets will congregate in Naples at the shelter for a day with OFD to look us over and give us hurt sticks if needed.(clinic day) Picnic and playtime in the play yard included. Watch for more information as the date gets closer. We hope you will join us in the fun.
February 18, 2023: Oh happy day, another fur kids found his 4-ever family. Mr. Hampton left for his new home February 18, 2023! MaKenzy and Ryan stopped in weeks ago to check out the ferrets looking for a home. Mr. Hampton promptly let them know he picked them to be his human family. After many visits, to be sure Mr. Hampton really wanted to go live with them, and Mum got to know Makenzy and Ryan all parties decided this was a good fit.
January 1, 2024: Happy, Happy New Year from all of us to all of you! We would like to extend our gratitude to all of you that physically help, share our posts, and support our Shelter financially. We are blessed. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
To Honor Master Largo for all the work he did on the newsletter we have kept our letter titled Master Largo News.
