It's one of those days...

Lazy-Ferret · 11-09-2013, 23:04

Today has been one of those days, stressful does not begin to describe it..

I have spent a huge amount trying to get info ready for the insurance companies, stripping our lovely caravan of personal stuff, and then we received that awful insulting settlement offer...

But that all pails into insignificance tonight...

All of our ferrets are rescues, and for that reason, most are older when we get them, but last year, through a strange set of circumstances, we ended up looking after 6 kits that were only 3 days old, plus their parents. Being softies, and seeing them all grow up from little balls of fluff into nice polite teenagers, we did not do a very good job of re-homing them, and ended up with 3 of them staying with us. Last month, one of the babies, was diagnosed with a bad heart murmur at only a year old.. Apart from medication, there was nothing they could do for him, and the vet warned us, we only had limited time with him. We hopefully made him feel special, and thankfully he thought his medicine was actually a treat, and could not believe his luck at getting them so regularly and often.

Well tonight he had a heart attack, and has passed on. We are gutted and shocked, as he had spent the day playing normally, and being his usual annoying self, making me laugh out loud, even when at my most stressed today, as he made a point of coming onto the sofa, and throwing all my collated paperwork on the floor, and then happily danced all over and under it, before running of, to play with the others. I was wondering how the insurance adjustor's will take to tiny ferret foot prints on their paperwork, but to be honest, stuff them, it's only paper.

I know they are not everyone's cup of tea, but ferrets really are special little animals, and we could all learn a lot from them, in how they live their lives to the full right up to the last second.

Sweet Dreams Little Picnic, we are so glad and thankful you ended up coming to live with us.

11-09-2013, 23:04	#1
Lazy-Ferret Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Sevenoaks, Kent Vehicle: Terrano 2.7TDi SE Touring Posts: 5,221	It's one of those days... Today has been one of those days, stressful does not begin to describe it.. I have spent a huge amount trying to get info ready for the insurance companies, stripping our lovely caravan of personal stuff, and then we received that awful insulting settlement offer... But that all pails into insignificance tonight... All of our ferrets are rescues, and for that reason, most are older when we get them, but last year, through a strange set of circumstances, we ended up looking after 6 kits that were only 3 days old, plus their parents. Being softies, and seeing them all grow up from little balls of fluff into nice polite teenagers, we did not do a very good job of re-homing them, and ended up with 3 of them staying with us. Last month, one of the babies, was diagnosed with a bad heart murmur at only a year old.. Apart from medication, there was nothing they could do for him, and the vet warned us, we only had limited time with him. We hopefully made him feel special, and thankfully he thought his medicine was actually a treat, and could not believe his luck at getting them so regularly and often. Well tonight he had a heart attack, and has passed on. We are gutted and shocked, as he had spent the day playing normally, and being his usual annoying self, making me laugh out loud, even when at my most stressed today, as he made a point of coming onto the sofa, and throwing all my collated paperwork on the floor, and then happily danced all over and under it, before running of, to play with the others. I was wondering how the insurance adjustor's will take to tiny ferret foot prints on their paperwork, but to be honest, stuff them, it's only paper. I know they are not everyone's cup of tea, but ferrets really are special little animals, and we could all learn a lot from them, in how they live their lives to the full right up to the last second. Sweet Dreams Little Picnic, we are so glad and thankful you ended up coming to live with us.