I have had ferrets since 1997 and just suffered a horrible tragedy.
Cherry, my spunky female cinnamon, was sneaking around after a snack
session when she darted over and ran under my feet.  I though she was
nowhere close but she ran under my feet and was smashed in just the
right way to almost immediately put her into shock.  I tried to call
vets but on a Saturday they all had numbers for emergency that didn't go
anywhere.  I laid her into a towel over warm water bottles made from 2
large zip lock bags to try to save her from shock.  She wiggled a little,
and then just basically died.  I did find a vet local who met me, but she
already died.
 
Cherry still has 2 ferret sisters and a cat brother, thank goodness.
I am having a very hard time here.  The only good thing is that for
ferrets, a fast death doing something fun as a result of a freak accident
seems far better in my mind then dying to a painful uncomfortable
disease.  Anyway, there really is no bright side.
 
Cherry was a great ferret and she mothered everyone else, including
myself.  She would have been 4 in October of 2004.
 
Mark H.
[Posted in FML issue 4633]