For those of you who have visited my deaf ferrets pages and who have
known Ping of Ping and Pong, my deaf ferrets ... I have some sad news.
Pongs' brother and soul mate passed away last weekend.  Ping was six
years of age, and had battled many GI problems much of his life so it is
not a shock to us that he passed away.  He had extensive neural crest
defect as many of you also know, so he actually made it to a good age.
 
For those of you who aren't acquainted with Ping, he is one of the two
original ferrets that I bought my husband six years ago and introduced to
my autistic son, Sean.  I found out quickly that both Ping and Pong were
deaf and so began my crusade to educating people about deaf ferrets as
well as neural crest disordered ferrets.  I felt alone when I found out
in 98, and I did not want other to feel alone as well.  So I shared both
of them publicly.  Ping helped my son get attached to ferrets.  But to
me the biggest contribution he made to life was that he was our therapy
ferret.  He made numerous handicapped children very happy over the years
when he was younger, and he loved it so.
 
If you want to see Ping, you can go to my webpage below and scroll down
the index to the deaf ferrets page and to "Pings Errant Bull".  He was
buried with his favorite stuffie (he was a stuffie-holic), the red, bull
beanie baby.
 
Pong is doing unexpectedly well, wonderful in fact.  He detached himself
from his brother a bit in the last weeks and he also said good bye to him
once he passed.  Both things made the world of difference and he doesn't
seem worse for the wear.  Ping was a great joy!  I'm happy for all the
years with him.  Although I'll miss him and it's sad, I'm so very glad
he's at peace.
 
Wolfy
http://wolfysluv.jacksnet.com
[Posted in FML issue 4685]