Ok Sukie got me to come out of lurk Mode for a few. :)
 
For those looking to have wheels made for their little ones.  Contact
www.doggon.net
 
Lori owns Doggon Wheels and she is wonderful to work with.  For those who
have shelter kids, she only charges material costs and that is very kind
concidering the time that it takes to make one.  I posted earlier this year
when Big Bear, our boy on wheels, decided to leave us.  He was a ferret who
enjoyed life to the fullest and we will keep him in our hearts forever.
For those who never knew him you can read about his story on our site, I
think it's worth the read...he is my inspiration and I'm sure he could be
yours too.
 
It seems things are finally starting to mellow around here.  We had a tough
last few months.  Sammy, a sweet girl, who's past owner told me had been
caged for the last two years and now no longer has time to refill food and
water bowls came here so skinny and sick.  I kept duck souping her and she
kept dropping weight.  She would eat like a horse her kibble too.  Poor
thing lived only to eat.  She would litterally just eat until she fell
asleep.  No time for playing or being a ferret.  It ended up being her
liver.  She is now on Hills L/D and is gaining like mad.  She's even
chasing me around and trying to climb my legs now, as well as being what
of the best dancers I've seen.  I told her if she keeps it up, I may some
day even call her chubby.
 
Ambrosia came here as a over worked breeder fed ghastly food.  We had her
spayed soon after she came here, wanting to make sure she wouldn't go into
heat here.  Well two weeks later, thanks to the awful food she was fed a
kidney stone got stuck in the wrong place and caused her kidney to blow up
to the size of a baseball.  We were lucky it did not burst and our vet was
able to remove it.  And now she too is dancing and gaining weight.  Many
thanks to my wonderful vet who did the surgery at office closing time and
took her home with her to be watched afterwards.
 
I'm hoping Cooper will be last of the sickies for awhile.  He came in being
very defensive of his cage, but otherwise good weight and activity, in fact
a huge appitite and the most perfect bowel movements I've ever seen.  I
know that it's ill to take pride in such a thing....but darn if he always
has the perfect looking stools.  Then over a two week period he started
losing his energy level.  Still ate good, and output was good.  It ended
with me finding him a little disorientated so I picked him up to bring him
into the docs.  He started drooling on our way there.  Well it looked like
insulinoma.  So since he's a fairly robust little guy of about 4 we decided
that surgery was the best bet.  He ended up having 4 tumors on his pancreas
removed and his left adrenal gland.  He is laying here next to me know and
is recouping well.  It's been 3 days and we checked his glucose today and
it's perfect.  He still has two little nodules on his face which need to be
removed, but we are waiting till he is completely healed from this surgery
before doing anything about them.  One looks to be a very small mast cell
and the other is a tiny cyst.  If his appitite says anything about how he's
doing, then he is doing super.  He also is back to being a little stinker
about his cage again and biting anyone who dares to touch anything in it,
so thats a good sign with him.  Don't get me wrong though, he is an
absolute doll outside of his cage.  The kind of fuzzbutt who loves to fall
asleep on a warm lap and get his head stroked.  Just don't touch his food!
He knows your want to eat it all up!
 
Many fuzzy kisses to you all and may none of your faces be numbed.
(hehe, thinking of Troy Lynn here)
 
Kristine Lunny
 
Friends of Fuzzies Ferret Shelter
http://www.geocities.com/mimsy_01
[Posted in FML issue 3105]