>From:    Dawn Gsoell <[log in to unmask]>
>My boyfriend dumped me, and the job that I thought I was going to be
>getting never materialized.  I wrote to the people who picked up the
>ferrets and asked if I could have Thelma, Laweasel and Beetle back.  They
>did not reply to my e-mail either.  I finally wrote them a mean e-mail
>too.  They wrote back that there had been a very tragic accident involving
>one of their family and they were very busy.  That, they told me was the
>reason they had not written back.
 
Dawn,
 
This is probably not going to make me very popular, but hey I've been there
before.
 
First off I do remember when you were looking for homes for all the furry
kids.  I didn't really like it then, but I could understand some of your
reasons.
 
Now on the other hand I also understand how you feel, but you really should
try and look at it from a different perspective.
 
For your own reasons you got rid of these pets that you had agreed to take
care of.  Now because things didn't work out as you planned, you want them
back.  I know that if I had taken any of them you wouldn't get them back.
I do know of what I speak.  I recently adopted another ferret, because I
really wanted him, and his (then) ferret Mom decided, for her own reasons
that she didn't want them anymore.  If she were to change her mind now, I
am sorry but that would just be too bad.  And I like her too, but she will
never get him back.  You can't treat pets as if they are disposable.  This
is a life time commitment.  I can understand that shit happens and you may
be forced to make decisions that are hard to make, and possibly have to
give up pets, but to expect someone that took the animal in and loved it to
give it back.  Then to trash the people because they don't respond to, in
my opinion, your selfish demands is just ludicrous.  Remember that you gave
them away.
 
As for you paying for medication out of your own pocket for a foster
ferret.  That was your decision, and in my opinion your responsibility too.
 
If ferrets mean as much to you as you would lead us to believe, then I
would suggest that you start over.  I see no reason for the other people to
give up something that they agreed to take on, and have supported in these
last few months.
 
I am sorry that your boyfriend dumped you, but you dumped the ferrets for
him now you have to live with it.
 
Fuzzie Dad & the Blurry Furry's
Rascal,Treble, Cocoa,Screech,Moose
Charlotte,Havoc,Hanna,Casey,Dodger,
Rainbow,& Sampson
Never forgetting Loki & Spaz
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[Posted in FML issue 2870]