Hello, About two and a half years ago I responded to a request to rescue a sable male ferret from a less than hospitable environment. I remember the post mentioned he was in filthy conditions and being fed cat food. I also remember picking him up from some kind lady on the upper west side of NY who already had two ferrets (who liked cheerios) and had no room for one more. PJ, as he became to be know, was a happy addition to my little ferret family. When he first joined us it took him a while to get used to ladders and chutes, how to play nice, use the litter box and basically be a ferret after about 4-5 years being treated as something else. He initially graced everyone in the household with mange (lesson to be learned on quarantining new ferts in the household) and just too much laughter as he adjusted to being a true ferret. Early this year he started to become quite sick and become a fixture through his numerous visits to two of the local animal hospitals in my area. Although we never were able to diagnose him properly he did get to enjoy his last couple months frolicking on the chair, hiding toys under the coach and sliding underneath the carpet. It was and up and down time, some better than others, I somehow I wish I could have done more to make his life better though. He passed away silently yesterday and although I never contributed to this list during the five years I have been on it, I wanted to memorialize my ferret friend today. PJ we will miss you and we love you. We will miss how you liked to jump up on our legs, we will miss the neat fashion in which you hid all the toys underneath the couch, we will miss you becoming a speed bump on the kitchen floor, we will miss your funny crew cut shaved body (due to blood work and ultrasounds), we will miss you getting us all wet when you take a bath, we will miss you snuggling with the girls in the hammock and we will just plain miss you! We hope that you are happy and feel better where you are today. Love, Michael, KT & Joanie. [Posted in FML issue 3246]