I have subscribed to FML for quite a while now, although this is the first
time I have shared anything.  It has taking me quite along time to come to
this point.  One month and 11 days to be exact.  December 6th is when we
lost our first ferret, our beloved little Bob.  He was the most perfect
Sable boy.  We got Bob as a kit in 1995, and never realised what was about
to take place in our lives.  He was our love and joy, and Mommy's special
boy.  I miss him so much.  I miss the way he woke up and wouldn't take one
step until I picked him up and gave him his xoxoxox which I always recieved
in return.  He would kiss my nose so long and so hard that eventually his
tounge felt like sandpaper.  I miss our bath time, car rides, war dances,
waltzes, birthday parties at the park, and the way he would lick off that
ferretone.  I will always remember how mad he was when we brought him home
a brother, a silvermitt year old male from a local shelter.  Mr. Mouse, or
mousers as I call him, came to us 3 months before we lost Bob.  Bob and
Mouse soon came to an understanding.  I wish we would have realised sooner
that our Bob was sick, although our vet said there was nothing that could
have been done.  The tumor that started in his liver started to big and to
quick.  I came home on Dec.  6th to find my husband at home with our Bob
laying listless on our bed.  We immediatly wrapped him up in a towel and
went to the vet.  The ride seemed so long, we never knew it was our last
ride together.  He was just sleeping in my arms, and only let out one
little wimper.  We thought that he would only be at the vet a couple of
days and then would come home.  I will never forget when I saw our little
guy in that incubator.  Then our vet told us that he would probably be gone
within the next hour.  I never knew I could cry so much and not care who
saw or heard me.  We went home to get some of Bob's favorite things for him
to have around him.  That's when we got the phone call saying that our Bob
had crossed the Bridge.  We had him cremated , and brought his ashes home
Dec. 19 .  That's when Joe, my husband really broke down.  They gave us a
memorial heart token, half of the heart is with us, and the other half is
with Bob's ashes in a little cherry wood box.  We wrapped the box in Bob's
favorite shirt, and we put him where he always slept, in the bottom dresser
drawer.  Once we brought him home everything felt complete again, except my
heart.  I was amazed when I opened the drawer the next day to find Mouse
curled up asleep right next to Bob.
 
I never had the chance to tell Bob about Rainbow Bridge, so Sandee, please
tell my little Robert that mommy is so sorry and misses him so much.
Please have plenty of bananas from mommy and an occasional Dorito chip
from Daddy.  I pray that he has many friends, for he didn't know any other
ferrets before he crossed.  Tell him that his brother Mouse misses him, and
that we wish he could have met his new little brother a 4month old Sable
male named "Sabo".  I find strength in knowing that our beloved Bob has
given us a greater love and attachment for all of those little ferts that
steal our hearts and never let go.  We have a tribute picture of our Bob
and a candle that we light when we get home and never goes out until our
day is done.  Everyone that leaves our home, leaves knowing about the love
that exists for ferrets and Bob our Eternal Love and Best Friend.  You will
find Bob at the New Rainbow Bridge.
 
Love and Thanks to all
Julie Bell  ([log in to unmask])
Dooks and Wiggles From The boys"Mouse and Sabo"
[Posted in FML issue 3301]