Lazy-Ferret
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While we were on holiday one of my ferrets became ill and we ended up having to have him put to sleep.
Aero was a very special ferret, and had been with us since a baby, which resulted in him thinking he was more human than ferret, and as a result spent a massive amount of time with us. He came to all sorts of places with us, every steam fair, PR event, and holiday. To say we were gutted is an understatement, we lost our best friend.
Now the Good News...
While Aero has to have been the most special ferret we have ever had, we have been lucky enough to have other special guys over the years, who have also made a huge impact on our lives. Something that has always been a bit strange though, is when one of those ferrets have passed on, within a week or two, without us looking, another ferret has arrived almost as though sent to us to help heal our hearts... Aero his self was just such a ferret.
So there we are, still in deepest darkest Wales (Actually, the weather was the best we have ever had), feeling very down, and both in our own little worlds, as everything kept reminding us of Aero, especially as the place we were staying was also the same place that Aero went on his first holiday with us, and got up to all sorts of fun and games, so there were lots of little reminders everywhere we walked. A couple of days after loosing Aero, a guy we have never met before who is only staying on the site for the weekend, comes over and asks if we are the couple staying on site with Ferrets. We chat, a bit half heartedly, as the last thing we wanted to hear about was an old school ferreter regaling stories of things he had done to his ferrets over the years, which they always seem to want to do, and many, while the way it was done in the country many years ago, do require a harder heart than we have.
Anyway, he tells us about some kits he has had, and how he has a ferret that keeps producing "Silver" coloured kits, which is a rare(ish) colour in ferrets. We mention that we have never had a silver, and he says that he has none left this year, but if we want, he will save us one from next years litters. Since the chances of running into this guy again is pretty slim, after all, we are 290 miles from home, on holiday, we say how kind an offer it is, and will think about it.
So he goes off back home at the end of his holiday, and we never did get a chance to swap numbers, so the whole thing is put to the back of our minds, and we slowly try to get out of our "funk" and enjoy the remainder of the holiday.
On the Wednesday, 1 week after Aero was put to sleep the guy turns up on the caravan site out of the blue, with a ferreting box. He decided to pop back to the site for the day to do some fishing, and decided to bring one of the Silver kits to show us at the same time. He tells us how he is keeping this one, so we can't have it; many many times, and passes her over for me to see. She cuddles straight into me, and starts giving little licks. After an hour of me and Suz taking turns to cuddle her, he suddenly says, "you can have her if you want"... Now I am speechless, the idea of having her, had never entered our heads, so we had not even considered it, let alone spoke about getting any more ferrets at all, especially as it seemed a bit disrespectful to Aero so soon after him leaving us.
Now Aero had a buddy, called Chomp, and Chomp adored Aero, and was now concerning us, as he was in an even worse "funk" than us, and we were struggling to get him out of it. When we first had ferrets, we lost one due to her pining away when she lost her friend, so we had been trying to distract Chomp with extra walks, and outings, but he was still very down. We wondered if this little girl might be just the thing we all needed.
To shorten the post down a bit, suffice to say, we kept her, and she is the most fantastically temperamented little monster we could wish for, already giving kisses, and playing chase with Chomp, helping to stop him moping around.
So it looks like Aero also sent us a little ferret when he passed on.
Meet, in keeping with our chocolate name theme, Poppet.
Aero was a very special ferret, and had been with us since a baby, which resulted in him thinking he was more human than ferret, and as a result spent a massive amount of time with us. He came to all sorts of places with us, every steam fair, PR event, and holiday. To say we were gutted is an understatement, we lost our best friend.
Now the Good News...
While Aero has to have been the most special ferret we have ever had, we have been lucky enough to have other special guys over the years, who have also made a huge impact on our lives. Something that has always been a bit strange though, is when one of those ferrets have passed on, within a week or two, without us looking, another ferret has arrived almost as though sent to us to help heal our hearts... Aero his self was just such a ferret.
So there we are, still in deepest darkest Wales (Actually, the weather was the best we have ever had), feeling very down, and both in our own little worlds, as everything kept reminding us of Aero, especially as the place we were staying was also the same place that Aero went on his first holiday with us, and got up to all sorts of fun and games, so there were lots of little reminders everywhere we walked. A couple of days after loosing Aero, a guy we have never met before who is only staying on the site for the weekend, comes over and asks if we are the couple staying on site with Ferrets. We chat, a bit half heartedly, as the last thing we wanted to hear about was an old school ferreter regaling stories of things he had done to his ferrets over the years, which they always seem to want to do, and many, while the way it was done in the country many years ago, do require a harder heart than we have.
Anyway, he tells us about some kits he has had, and how he has a ferret that keeps producing "Silver" coloured kits, which is a rare(ish) colour in ferrets. We mention that we have never had a silver, and he says that he has none left this year, but if we want, he will save us one from next years litters. Since the chances of running into this guy again is pretty slim, after all, we are 290 miles from home, on holiday, we say how kind an offer it is, and will think about it.
So he goes off back home at the end of his holiday, and we never did get a chance to swap numbers, so the whole thing is put to the back of our minds, and we slowly try to get out of our "funk" and enjoy the remainder of the holiday.
On the Wednesday, 1 week after Aero was put to sleep the guy turns up on the caravan site out of the blue, with a ferreting box. He decided to pop back to the site for the day to do some fishing, and decided to bring one of the Silver kits to show us at the same time. He tells us how he is keeping this one, so we can't have it; many many times, and passes her over for me to see. She cuddles straight into me, and starts giving little licks. After an hour of me and Suz taking turns to cuddle her, he suddenly says, "you can have her if you want"... Now I am speechless, the idea of having her, had never entered our heads, so we had not even considered it, let alone spoke about getting any more ferrets at all, especially as it seemed a bit disrespectful to Aero so soon after him leaving us.
Now Aero had a buddy, called Chomp, and Chomp adored Aero, and was now concerning us, as he was in an even worse "funk" than us, and we were struggling to get him out of it. When we first had ferrets, we lost one due to her pining away when she lost her friend, so we had been trying to distract Chomp with extra walks, and outings, but he was still very down. We wondered if this little girl might be just the thing we all needed.
To shorten the post down a bit, suffice to say, we kept her, and she is the most fantastically temperamented little monster we could wish for, already giving kisses, and playing chase with Chomp, helping to stop him moping around.
So it looks like Aero also sent us a little ferret when he passed on.
Meet, in keeping with our chocolate name theme, Poppet.
& know how hard & upsetting it is to make that judgement call. Not really one for ferrets myself but Poppet has a sweet & cheeky looking little face & i'm sure she'll give you both years of enjoyment
