Some boys at the park told me about a gross freak that was supposed to be a ferret at the pet store near by. I drove there today to see. If I did not have my stomach tightened up by how Little looks with pred belly, seizures, no fur on belly, and now adrenal baldness: I think I would have been grossed out. I brought it home, and it is sleeping in a cage. Another cage is being sent over in an hour that will fit underneath this one. I don't know if it is a boy or girl. I did not look. It did not matter. It was kept in the sun, and is burnt on top of its bald head. It is all wrinkled as though I am looking at its brains!!!!!!!!!! There is no fur on the nose or throat, and its anus scrapes the ground when it walks on its naked feet. It is emaciated looking. The owner of the pet store guesses that it is about 5 years old. Someone left it on their doorstep. Four other deserted ferrets were also there. But this one was something I would have been disgusted looking at a few years ago. No one is going to bring home this "freak" Not in this hotsy totsy neighborhood. None of the ferrets are related, the store owner said. I was not going to bring anymore animals home for care. But the owner would not even move the cage out of the direct sun, and the ferret was all red. It was hot and bright. Owner said there was no other place to put the ferret. It was really jammed with stuff and cages. And there was the water bottle hanger broken on one end so the bottle did not reach into the cage. Huge butt muscle hanging to ground and top of head looking like the shape of brains and baldness elsewhere and wasting is adrenal-yes? Gotta clean up now. Litter is everywhere mere hours after i vacuum and sweep Lisette [A later P.S. follows:] Correction on "freak" ferret I must make an immediate correction on the ferret I just brought home a few hours ago. The rectal muscle is huge. But it is not dragging on the ground. Must have been walking funny in the cage with its very long nails. They are trimmed now. Little sores on the sunburnt body: little red blood clots. Scratching with the long nails on dry burnt naked skin? She is very friendly. No bites at all. Lots of licking. Perky and nosy and clear eyed. Maybe surgery is not too late to help her, though it would be a month or two before I could arrange that. She needs her distemper shots first--two weeks apart, I believe. Love the new cage I had to buy if I was going to bring home the "freak". After a little rearranging, it Fits perfectly. Have 3 guys in there checking it out for the night now. My turn . I am going to check my bed out.The little girl seems happy. Sometimes animals just pine away and die. I don't think that she is going to do that. Remarkable living being. I think it weighs less than a pound. [Posted in FML issue 3459]