Hi ,
I thought i'd give you an update on my Dumpy, i wrote earlier with his
symptoms like not eating, weak hind legs, enlarged spleen, possibly
Lymphoma....
 
His sheltermom came through for us, and paid for most of his surgery to
remove the spleen, Vet also took a tiny piece of his liver to be sent to a
lab for a closer look, he did very well during surgery and his sheltermom
was right there with him assisting.
 
Everything looked fine, he doesn't seem to have lymphoma, but i will send
out the spleen and piece of liver just to be sure, he stayed over night at
his vet's house, and had a seizure next day that the vet wasn't able to
bring him out of, but he came out on his own, he came home early afternoon
and hasn't had another one since, his vet thought that it could have been
an epileptic seizure?
 
He was up and walking around, (better than before surgery?) day after
surgery, but he is mostly tired and wants to sleep, poor little guy has
been through a lot...:( He eats a little Duck soup on his own, but still
refuses any solid kibble, maybee he needs a little more time....or maybee
he is just to spoiled.....
 
I am sewing hammocs for dear life, so his shelter mom can sell them and put
some money into her account, they are actually very nice although i'm no
expert at the sewing machine, but i have made them out of jeans or other
durable cotton material and covered the whole top with fake fur, the
ferrets LOVE them, and my guess is that they last a lifetime!  a lot of
people are ordering them, and i thought i sell them through the shelter,
so a good part of the proceeds go to the shelter,
 
If any shelter out there would like to have nice hand made hammocs to make
some money off, send me an e-mail, this is a brand new idea so any comments
inputs and suggestions are valuable, i have also not decided about the
price, What would you think?  if i start doing this i will have to have
something for my time and expenses, but a large portion i am willing to
donate to shelters, just as an idea, if i were to charge $25 per hammoc,
then $10 could go to a shelter of choice, any ideas and comments are
appreciated!
 
Also i was reading about the difficulties in feeding newborn kits, would a
ballon work if a thread is tied on to mold a nipple?  or a rubber ring like
the ones in their water botles?  maybee it is a long shot.....?  The rest
of the gang are all doing great, Lucky is shedding a lot and most of her
darker longer hairs are gone, leaving only her soft undercoat, is this
normal?
 
Well, that's about it, My fuzzy gang and i(yes me too) send Happy dooks to
all sick, ferrets and their mommies and daddies, so that they will get
better soon,
 
signing off is
Josephine and the sweetiest meanie beanie in the world Liza, The most
adorable speed bump in the world Truls, Lucky Ducky Hansen princess, and
my very special Humpter Dumpter Man.
[Posted in FML issue 2586]