Post by amymelissa on Nov 24, 2008 3:05:49 GMT -5
Hi 
My name is Amy, hence the screen name. Now a bit about myself.
I'm the mom to 8 children. 19 yr old boy, 16 yr old boy, 15 yr old girl, 12 yr old twin girls, 11 yr old girl, 10 yr old boy and 9 yr old boy. Four of these are my step-children but they are "mine" and live with us full time and have supervised visits with their bio mom.
I'm also the mom to 1 cat, 1 Guinea Pig and 2 Rottweilers.
We recently lost one of our Guinea Pig's to a tumor. My 11 yr old adopted him. At the time he was adopted the Vet gave him a few months to live. With my daughters love and care he lived with us for 11 months. My daughter is heart broken but looking to adopt another small and fury.
Years ago we had a ferret and my kids adored her. She was so much fun. Even back then I researched food and it looks like from the researching I've done most feed the same foods I was feeding 4 years ago. With the exception of the prey feedings.... just can't get myself to do that but do like the pre made raw foods. I know they are more costly but I'm used to having the rotties. Just their food alone cost me $100 a month lol
We currently don't have any ferrets but we are on the search for one to adopt. I know it will be a challenge because for the most part we wont know what she/he has been through but we just don't buy we always rescue. Out of the four animals we have three were rescues and one we bought from a breeder. I'm not sure how many ferrets are in shelters waiting to be adopted but we will keep our eyes and ears open for one to come our way!
Anyways just wanted to intro myself and family. I'll be lurking and asking questions when I feel the need
My name is Amy, hence the screen name. Now a bit about myself.
I'm the mom to 8 children. 19 yr old boy, 16 yr old boy, 15 yr old girl, 12 yr old twin girls, 11 yr old girl, 10 yr old boy and 9 yr old boy. Four of these are my step-children but they are "mine" and live with us full time and have supervised visits with their bio mom.
I'm also the mom to 1 cat, 1 Guinea Pig and 2 Rottweilers.
We recently lost one of our Guinea Pig's to a tumor. My 11 yr old adopted him. At the time he was adopted the Vet gave him a few months to live. With my daughters love and care he lived with us for 11 months. My daughter is heart broken but looking to adopt another small and fury.
Years ago we had a ferret and my kids adored her. She was so much fun. Even back then I researched food and it looks like from the researching I've done most feed the same foods I was feeding 4 years ago. With the exception of the prey feedings.... just can't get myself to do that but do like the pre made raw foods. I know they are more costly but I'm used to having the rotties. Just their food alone cost me $100 a month lol
We currently don't have any ferrets but we are on the search for one to adopt. I know it will be a challenge because for the most part we wont know what she/he has been through but we just don't buy we always rescue. Out of the four animals we have three were rescues and one we bought from a breeder. I'm not sure how many ferrets are in shelters waiting to be adopted but we will keep our eyes and ears open for one to come our way!
Anyways just wanted to intro myself and family. I'll be lurking and asking questions when I feel the need
x Hi Amy looks like you have a housefull and loveing every minute of it 
. And when you get your ferret, here are some links for you:
This is a fantastic forum filled with some really knowledgeable and friendly people. Please feel free to prowl, post questions, suggestions and answers 
Many of us are taking in more than we can handle so that no little ones get dumped into kill shelters. We all do what we can 
