Ferret for adoption is va

[Samwich]

Hi all. I rescued a sweet albino girl 2 years ago from a sad situation. She was supposed to be a foster, but became very attached to my two older weasels. She was in really bad shape when I took her in. She was terrified of everything. The only solice she could find was with my existing fur kids. She bit badly as well. In the teo years I have had her she has blossomed into a hallarious little weasel, full of personality! She is still a biter, but she is a million times better than how she was. Her name is Sharky (for obvious reasons).
One of my ferrets passed last year and Sharky became depressed for weeks. My old lady is on a quick decline and I dont think she will make it too much longer. Since she was so sad from loosing one, I don't she could handle being by herself. I am not in a situation where I can take on another ferret right now, so I am trying to line up a home for her (one that has one or a few other weasels). If any in the va/ md/ dc area is interested, please contact me at [e-mail].
I do not want her to end up in a shelter, so forever homes only!
Thank you.

[Sherry]

I am going to be very blunt here, and I do apologize for that. Given how badly she responded to losing a friend, yes she will be traumatized when she looses a second. But if YOU abandon her she will be devestated, and quite possibly spiral into a depression she won't come out of.
You are the one who taught her not to be afraid, that human hands will never hurt her again. Please do not betray that trust. Because you cannot guarantee someone down the road won't hurt her.
She will never understand what she did wrong.

[Samwich]

I am going to see how she handels it when it happens. If she is fine by herself after a month or so, then she will stay with me for the rest of her life. If she is completely miserable, then I would prefer to re-home. I am just trying to line up a pontential home just in case the latter happens. I really hope she can adjust when the time comes.

[Heather]

Read through the accepting death threads. We have some very good ones on how to help a wee one cope with the loss of their friends. I've had great success with following these various methods to help them cope with their grief. I agree with Sherry. It will be hard enough for her to cope with the death of her best friend, but to have you turn and walk away from her will break her heart. I've held more than one ferret who just gave up when they were surrendered. There is something that goes by the name of shelter shock, it's common in ferrets and it's the devastation that they suffer when they get surrendered. You don't have to be a shelter for this to occur. It breaks my heart to see the light go out of their eyes when they realize that their special human is never coming back. I had one wee girlie who spent the rest of her days sitting by the door or the main window waiting for her people to come back.
ciao

[Sherry]

I hope so. I do understand your wish for her to be happy, but she needs to be allowed to grieve and then have the support of her beloved human. I'm going to post a few links for you to read. First is on shelter shock:
holisticferret60.proboards.com/thread/102/shelter-shock
The others all deal with helping a ferret cope with his or her grief:
holisticferret60.proboards.com/thread/4882
holisticferret60.proboards.com/thread/1064/death-grief
And here is the board the above are on, but with several more threads you might find helpful:
holisticferret60.proboards.com/board/56/pet-loss-support