Pasteur, our last rescue (out of 13 which came to Ferret Wise - thanks Kim for letting us help him and the others) from the Loving Friends seizure was assisted to sleep by shelter vet Dr Winnie yesterday-- he was no longer eating, and could not hold his back end up. His blood sugar was below 35. We had been hoping his blood levels would pick up-- the past few months we were able to motivate the liver a little and build the white count a little-- But our attempts to help him further failed. The determination was made after the pred caused him to bleed out. We knew with his immune system taxed and liver poor, kidneys taxed from lack of water previously -- this was a possibility-- but there was no chance of surgery. Eventually we said goodbye -- and he looked absolutely beautiful when he left us -- he was , in the end solid pudgy -- the way he always was meant to be not a rack of bones with skin as when he arrived. He also and spent 2 weeks running and playing with the rest of the kids- after a 3 month rehabilitation - I really hate what happened to him- and know that the lesson most likely was not learned at Loving Friends This makes my heart break. For Pasteur I know at least he learned there are folks who care, he actually gave kisses last week, and for a few short weeks he had that spark that ferret should have. I will miss him greatly here at Ferret Wise. For those few who have posted in support of Loving Friends the condition of the animals was criminal. There is no excuse for death by starvation at a shelte5r-- no excuse for lack of clean water -- and there is definately NO excuse for leaving deceased ferrets in cages with live ones-- this was the worst case scenario in sheltering. I am astounded that NJ laws allow them to continue operating. I suggest that tax paying NJ citizens start a letter campaign to the officials who licensure the shelters. Public opinion weighs heavy on elected officials! Say a prayer for all shelter ferrets and blessings - that there will be no more scenarios like that at Loving Friends last summer. Alicia for the many faces at Ferret Wise http://www.dartmouth.edu/~crassi/index.html Please visit iGive where joining helps support the shelter programs which help the ferret residents http://www.iGive.com/html/ssi.cfm?cid=1890mid=9535 and feel free to pass this on-- for the ferrets! The ferrets will thank you for it! [Posted in FML issue 2963]