Post by Deleted on May 28, 2014 4:04:45 GMT -5
Just an intro - as from the intro thread -- and below it, the rest.
Hi guys --
I've always wanted a ferret, for a very, very, very, very long time.
Never seen one though.
Ferrets are illegal in my country (without any environmental studies, ect
done) though they weren't always, the law just changed with the changing
of the government.
I visited america once, and went to seven pet shops, in the hopes of
seeing one! ... Unfortunately, the one which had one, only had a paw
poking out of a hiding hole which I managed to photograph.
A year ago, I saw an ad for ferrets online. Miracle of miracles, it was real!
Me and my family bounced on the opportunity, at this stage I must have
read 'ferrets for dummies' about 300 times. I knew exactly what food to give,
how much protien in it, how much fat, the order of the ingredients, how to ferret
proof everything, which litter to use... well, everything!
We arrived --
It was a private zoo, that was selling them. Lo and behold, and entire cage!
Most of them were rather wild (seemed around 4-6 months old),
and bit so hard that blood went flying. But in I went either way. I rolled a little
ball to see which one would take it first.
Out came Jappie. The tiniest, thinnest, runt of the litter. He ended up being
the one I took home. Pretty much one of the happiest days of my life.
He was veeeeeery expensive (around $500 and took all of my savings, entirely
worth it!!)
Shortly after, he was neutered. Fortunately for us, our vet of years and years
specializes in exotics and worked with ferrets overseas for many years.
I've had him for about 8 months, before he started to seem listless.
We took him to the vet three weeks ago as he seemed depressed and slightly
off balance. He's also rapidly lost weight in a matter of days.
We heard back today after an biopsy operation, they suspect its
juvenile Lymphoma. The pathologist is still doing tests.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
It was confirmed to be juvenile lymphoma.
Today, Jappie passed away.
He was no longer able to eat, and was thin as a skeleton. He wouldn't let anyone
hold him, but me, and would wriggle, and just go back to sleep and seem listless
and tired. He couldn't climb his ramps anymore, and struggled with his back legs.
He had wasted away in a matter of weeks, to the thinnest little thing.
So we took him to our vet again, to see if he could help, but the moment we came
through the entryway into the building, I started crying and was unable to stop.
Jappie was shivering furiously as I held him, and even more so when he saw our vet
came in. He said, the prognosis was bad, they already did surgery and saw it was inoperable,
the tumor had merged with the intestines and said jappie was slowly starving to death. We
had to make the choice to let him pass. Our vet, is excellent, and intensely familiar with ferrets,
he looked as if he was about to cry, too.
The vet first was going to give him an injection to let him go to sleep, before the second.
When he grasped Jappie to give him the injection, jappie started to scream, and bit (just from
him taking him) and struggled, I took him directly afterwards and held him as he fell asleep. He
fell asleep so fast his eyes were still open. Me and my father were both crying, and I thought he
just died from fright in my arms, since I couldn't tell he was still breathing. It was terrible.
They took him afterwards, to have him put out. We're still crying, everyone in the house is. Even
the cat knows something is different, and is sniffing at his empty cage.
We only had a few months of jump off cage diving, and toilet roll snatching with him.
We may not be able to get another one, as they're over $500 here and we just don't have that money
-- but its been a privilege. I can say that a ferret is such an unique little creature. Its almost like
they're a person, just better.
I wish, that no one else
ever has to have a ferret so young, get this disease. Thank you for the support,
even just being able to read through other peoples posts and those who have suffered with the same
problems, have helped.
Rachelle
Hi guys --
I've always wanted a ferret, for a very, very, very, very long time.
Never seen one though.
Ferrets are illegal in my country (without any environmental studies, ect
done) though they weren't always, the law just changed with the changing
of the government.
I visited america once, and went to seven pet shops, in the hopes of
seeing one! ... Unfortunately, the one which had one, only had a paw
poking out of a hiding hole which I managed to photograph.
A year ago, I saw an ad for ferrets online. Miracle of miracles, it was real!
Me and my family bounced on the opportunity, at this stage I must have
read 'ferrets for dummies' about 300 times. I knew exactly what food to give,
how much protien in it, how much fat, the order of the ingredients, how to ferret
proof everything, which litter to use... well, everything!
We arrived --
It was a private zoo, that was selling them. Lo and behold, and entire cage!
Most of them were rather wild (seemed around 4-6 months old),
and bit so hard that blood went flying. But in I went either way. I rolled a little
ball to see which one would take it first.
Out came Jappie. The tiniest, thinnest, runt of the litter. He ended up being
the one I took home. Pretty much one of the happiest days of my life.
He was veeeeeery expensive (around $500 and took all of my savings, entirely
worth it!!)
Shortly after, he was neutered. Fortunately for us, our vet of years and years
specializes in exotics and worked with ferrets overseas for many years.
I've had him for about 8 months, before he started to seem listless.
We took him to the vet three weeks ago as he seemed depressed and slightly
off balance. He's also rapidly lost weight in a matter of days.
We heard back today after an biopsy operation, they suspect its
juvenile Lymphoma. The pathologist is still doing tests.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
It was confirmed to be juvenile lymphoma.
Today, Jappie passed away.
He was no longer able to eat, and was thin as a skeleton. He wouldn't let anyone
hold him, but me, and would wriggle, and just go back to sleep and seem listless
and tired. He couldn't climb his ramps anymore, and struggled with his back legs.
He had wasted away in a matter of weeks, to the thinnest little thing.
So we took him to our vet again, to see if he could help, but the moment we came
through the entryway into the building, I started crying and was unable to stop.
Jappie was shivering furiously as I held him, and even more so when he saw our vet
came in. He said, the prognosis was bad, they already did surgery and saw it was inoperable,
the tumor had merged with the intestines and said jappie was slowly starving to death. We
had to make the choice to let him pass. Our vet, is excellent, and intensely familiar with ferrets,
he looked as if he was about to cry, too.
The vet first was going to give him an injection to let him go to sleep, before the second.
When he grasped Jappie to give him the injection, jappie started to scream, and bit (just from
him taking him) and struggled, I took him directly afterwards and held him as he fell asleep. He
fell asleep so fast his eyes were still open. Me and my father were both crying, and I thought he
just died from fright in my arms, since I couldn't tell he was still breathing. It was terrible.
They took him afterwards, to have him put out. We're still crying, everyone in the house is. Even
the cat knows something is different, and is sniffing at his empty cage.
We only had a few months of jump off cage diving, and toilet roll snatching with him.
We may not be able to get another one, as they're over $500 here and we just don't have that money
-- but its been a privilege. I can say that a ferret is such an unique little creature. Its almost like
they're a person, just better.
I wish, that no one else
ever has to have a ferret so young, get this disease. Thank you for the support,
even just being able to read through other peoples posts and those who have suffered with the same
problems, have helped.
Rachelle