It is with a heavy heart and tears of pain I write this to you. Our Bones crossed the bridge yesterday with the help of Dr. Parker. He was just so weak, so fragile, so slim.....he'd lost so much weight and nothing we did would help him gain weight. Yesterday, I let him out to run with the others, and he wasn't using his legs real well. He kind of dragged himself around the house and pooped himself. I couldn't bear to watch him suffer this way anymore. So, at about 3ish, Bones and I crawled into the car and went to the hospital. We stopped along the way to get a chocolate shake for him. What could it hurt? He loved it and lapped it from the straw. He sat on my lap, in his home made sleep sack from his auntie Linda the whole ride there. Just before we made it to the hospital, I panicked and realized i hadn't told Bones about the Rainbow Bridge. So I took a few moments in private with him to let him know about the "other side". Bones was one of the first rescues the shelter ever did. He came after Lucky, and after Sable. He came in just before Princess by just a day or two. He didn't fight the gas mask at all. I think he was ready to go. I KNOW he was ready to go, but it doesn't make it any easier for me. I held him in my arms with his wee mask on and told him I loved him as tears poured down my face. This, my little guy will be the last time you hurt........ i love you Bones, sleep well. missing you already, mom & Princess....... The Ferret Aid Society Ferrets 2000 Conference http://www.ferretaid.org [Posted in FML issue 3028]