Please take a moment and grieve with us for Foxy, a lady who we thought was
doing so well.  She came into the shelter in heat, because her owner didn't
have the money to fix her.  She was a year old, and had been in heat for "a
while", long enough to have lost most of the hair on her tail and down her
sides.  We took her to the vet and got her hormone shots, and she started
eating good food.  She grew her hair back and loved to dance - she had a
beautiful face.  She was a sweet lady who loved to sleep in her sleeping
bag.
 
Saturday, a couple fell in love with her, so today she went to the vet to
be spayed.  She came through the surgery fine, and then later they went to
check on her and she was not breathing and her heart had stopped.  She had
died in the 15 minutes inbetween someone checking on her.  She was going to
go home on Wednesday, and now our hearts are broken instead.
 
A piece of us goes out with every ferret adopted to a new home, but this
little girl was very special.
 
Sara and Kurt Petersen
FURRY (Ferrets Underfoot Running Round You)
[Posted in FML issue 2453]