Fran Brown

Fran sewing away

Fran and Meeko

The talent and Love
behind Ferrets Are Love

In red are the questions that I asked Fran.  The black text is her answers.

When did you get married?
In August of 1966

What is your husbands name?
Bill

How many children do you have?
Two daughters.  Melissa is 32.  She's a Pediatric Psychiatric Social Worker.
Kendra is 27.  She is an associate at Target.

When did you get your first ferret?
We got our first 2 ferrets in March 1997.  They were 7 weeks old.

What were their names?
Our cinnamon girl is Beanie, and our sable is Meeko.

How many ferrets do you have now?
4 - Beanie & Meeko Females, Scue & Freebee Males

When did you start making ferret goodies?
When we got the babies in 1997

Why did you start making ferret goodies?
I wanted to make their cage "just right"!!
Anything I saw in Pet Stores was poorly made and not worth buying!!
I've always loved to sew and found it so much fun to "dress up" their cage!!

What does Bill do to help you out?
He made me patterns for a lot of my items.
He'll help me cut, when I have big orders to fill.
He accompanies me to many of the shows I attend.
He carries the heavy stuff!!

Why did you start selling your merchandise?
Once I started making things for the fuzzies, I began giving them as gifts to other Fuzzie Moms, and Dads. So many told me that I should start selling my merchandise because their babies loved them so much.
The rest is history.

When I began to learn about ADV, learned that many of my online friends had ADV babies, and watched helplessly as they suffered and lost so many to this dreaded monster, my business took on a new purpose. Now my dream is to know that I, in some small way, will contribute to the death of the monster.. the eradication of ADV!