Hi everyone - I have written numerous times about my three ferrets, Winnie, Chloe and Connor - who all have their share of health problems but are overall doing well for now. But this isn't about them - I called my x roomate last evening to ask her a random question and she sounded funny - I asked her what was wrong and she told me that Dief died. Dief is her ferret who is also my chole's brother. He was just shy of 4. For most of his life dief has had diarreah as a normal poop for him - and it would vary - no one ever knew why he was like this - he just was and for four years. A few months back he lost most of his body weigh and was just skin a bones basically - he was put on some meds (I can't remember) and he was doing well - still had diarreah but put a lot of weight back on. Thursday night my roomate was playing iwth him a bit and she said he was wired - not only had he missed his litter box twice that day, but he didn't want her to put him down - she siad he just held on to her and he didn't want her to let go (maybe his way of saying good bye). Later that night she went back to see him and he was dead - she said that he was juts lying there and his whole leg was purple. What does that mean - what could it have been that killed him? I felt so horrible - it wasl ike losing one of my own - cause he was like mine - he was my fourth child and my chloes brother. It was so cute when he woudl come to visit (over the summers we went home and during the years all the ferrets lived together at college and we just graduated this past may) so when deif came to visit chloe and he got soo excited - they wouldn't leave eachother sides. IT was so cute to see the bond that remained between them and now it is no longer. It is so sad and I am just hoping that someone may have some idea of what could have caused his death. He had no signs of anything else wrong with him - any ideas? Thanks -Amy [Posted in FML issue 3234]