ABOUT US
Hi, my name is Kim. I go by Kimba or Kimbutt by my friends and the ferret community ;) I have owned ferrets now for about 7 years. After rescuing a ferret I didn't know anything about I dove onto the Internet and stuck my nose in books to read up on these wonderful creatures. I now pride myself in being very ferret knowledgeable. I am a member of several different on-line ferret sites and have also started a ferret forum with a friend of mine in NY where we now have over 250 members from all over the world. Every year we participate with our local animal control in an Adopt-a-Thon where we educate people about ferrets and clear up any misconceptions they might have. If I can teach one person just one thing about a ferret than I have done my job.
When our local ferret shelter closed up and seeing just how many ferrets needed help I decided to take on this venture. What a ride!! I have now been rescuing ferrets and finding them new homes since January 2007. This pretty much started when our local animal control had a fire and I was asked to foster a couple. I have a couple friends that work there and know my passion for ferrets. As you can see in our Happy Tails section we have been very successful. There are several ferrets not even pictured.
I work at a full time job which helps support my rescue. This is a non profit shelter and all of my extra cash usually goes into it. But you know what? I love what I do!
I am lucky enough to have met Ashley who helps me out with the rescue when need be. I usually use her for driving since her car is a lot smaller than my SUV! She along with her boyfriend Matt are very supportive here with the ferrets in need and are awesome ferret owners themselves. We also have our friend Misty also a ferret owner who use to live near Broward County Ferret Rescue but now lives here that has been awesome for us. She has helped on many occasions. We are fortunate to have several "ferret contacts" in the rescue business around the state of Florida as well as people in different states around the U.S.
I'm Ashley! I'm currently a college student at UCF studying Criminal Justice. I've owned ferrets for about 2 years now and I absolutely love them! In these two years, I've become VERY ferret knowledgeable, learning everything I can about them from Kim and several other ferret owners (I've become an awesome source of useless ferret information along the way!). Like Kim, if I can teach anyone just ONE thing they didn't know about ferrets, I'm happy!
I work part time while in college to support my ferrets (and my starbucks addiction!).My boyfriend, Matt (who also loves ferrets found my first ferret and surprised me with him. Now I have five ferrets that let me pay the rent at THEIR apartment! I've been helping Kim at the rescue for a little over a year now and love helping her find the guys that come through the rescue forever homes. :)
