Hello fellow FML members,

I'm writting today to ask for help for our recent ferrets that have
come in as surrenders. I am very discouraged at the moment because in
the matter of 3 weeks we've lost 2 elderly sick ferrets. Unfortunately,
despite medical attention & meds. it is not looking so great for some
of the others. My heart is breaking having to watch so many in such a
short time pass on. I know this is what we do. Out of 13 of the recent
additions to the shelter 10 are very old & extremely sick. Of these 10
at least 7 are insulinoma & maybe one or two is not showing signs of
adrenal. Some are both & despite implants & dex they are at their time
to pass on away from this world. We lost Andre which was heartbreaking
to witness such suffering & no amount of money or treatment to help..
Two weeks later was Squirt same thing insulinoma & adrenal. Yesterday I
went to check on my ferrets needing meds. to pick one up & thought she
was gone as well. Her head just flopped over my arm & I gave her her
dex & she came to after a while but she is both adr. & ins. & I know
her days are numbered at 8 yrs. old.

We seriously need donations desperately for these fuzzies to make their
life as comfortable as possible until their time for Rainbow Bridge. On
our website @ www.ferretdreamersrescuehaven.org we have a paypal
account as well as what we need as far as donations. Paper towels
anything can help.

We have recieved alot as far as bedding thank you to crafty weasels
for your beautiful beds you made & they are all using the new bedding
because I believe they deserve the new stuff. Thanks to Kim Fox for
listening wholeheartedly to me about our older guys & gals you do not
know what a gift it is to talk with you & we appreciate all that you
have shared. And to everyone who responded to Andre's poem even Renee
did and it wasn't but maybe not even a week after her accident. She
never once wrote about her situation just gave her condolences. Such
unselfishness and total love for ferrets with her you know it is not
about her at all. Alot of the ferret community has been wonderful & I
hope you know that we are truly grateful to everyone that has reached
out their hand to help. Squirt has a poem as well, as will all of them
that pass. I have felt alot of heartache in my time but nothing like
the ferrets somehow they have a way of touching your heart & soul to
it's very depths. 

Wishing everyone the best,
Shannon Snavely
Ferret Dreamers Rescue Haven

[Posted in FML 5980]