hello again,
i found out last night that this poor little ferret did not have rabies.
however the vet looked at the bite wounds on his neck and came to the
conclusion that either he was bit and his owner never took care of him
(which explains the wound abscessing and hair falling out around it) and
he snuck out of his home or was set free....or he was out in the wild for
a while (vet figures at least a month) learned how to defend himself and
got the abscessing bite wound while out there.
 
i wanted them to quarantine this ferret and rehabilitate him but with the
ferret acting in such a vicious way they were not willing to take the
chance of anyone else getting mauled.  i am very angry with the outcome of
this whole situation.  various people were called and they all said the
same thing......euthanize and send to the lab.  no one mention anything
about an option to quarantine for 10 days.  there was absolutely no option
given.  i wanted to save this ferret.....not kill him!!!!  i don't even
know if rehabilitation was possible with him because he was so extreme but
i wanted to give him a chance.  the people who trapped him tried to find
the owners but no one in the area knew anything about him, therefore no
vaccine history was known either.  the vet said she thinks i am a hero for
going thru all this to try to save a ferret........but i certainly don't
feel like one....and if this is what it is like to be one, i don't want
it.....if anything i feel like a god damned fool!!!!!  but like i said
before.....if it meant saving him, i would do it again........(maybe if i
had saved him i would feel differently about this situation)
 
thanks for listening,
me
[Posted in FML issue 2887]