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Date: | Tue, 27 Oct 1998 23:38:43 -0600 |
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The time was middle of May, 1998. It was the middle of the Kodo incident,
when Frostie almost overnight ran a very high fever and dehydration. It
put her in the local vet's hospital for 3 days. When she returned, she
didn't remember her 3 cage mates.
Frostie is deaf. She loves to play and wants to play with the others but
is scared and it only lasts a few minutes. She will scream if any other
ferret comes near.
Frostie's one cagemate Niles has been in a cage next to her for the last
week or so.
This afternoon, an inspiration told me to try to put them together. I
put them in a large cage (not their own). I sat back and waited for the
inevitable in my human mind. and waited and waited It didn't happen.
There were no screams, no fights, just a simple acceptance of each other.
Tonight, as I looked in on them for the first time in a very long 18 months
Frostie is curled up hiding from the world. She is wrapped around Niles.
A miracle, small though it is, has happened.
Addendum: the other two cage mates are insulinomic and under constant care
and cannot be with them. So this is so wonderful.
[Posted in FML issue 2475]
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