Hi Everyone - I have been reading the fml for years now and never posted but i feel i have to today, I am very sad - yesterday I lost my little girl Jewel ( 5 yo) - she has been sick on and off for about 6 months now - she was on lupron for her adrenal tumor and seemed to be doing fine - so i packed them up last week ( i also have 3 others ferrets ) and went to visit my mom. While visting I noticed she was getting very weak and started to drink alot of water ( too Much for a little ferret ) so i called around and found a vet that handeled ferrets in a hospital - when i got her there they tested her and found out that she had diabetes and started her on insulin - every day she was given another unit of insulin cause it was not working - i went there 2 times a day to cuddle her and feed her and tell her how much i loved her and missed her - I was there friday morning and she seemed to be getting better i told her she would be coming home on saturday but last night i got that horrible phone call that said she didn't make it - well i have been crying ever since - my ferrets seem to be very depressed and my little boy slept on her pocket book all night that she used to carry around the house and the others keep searching - this is very hard on me and them - this morning i buried my little mush girl Jewel in my mom's garden and we planted a beautiful lavander bush and some purple flowers around her and we said good bye. I am heartbroken about this. Thank you for listening to me cause all of you people out there know how much joy and love these little guys give us. Iris Levy - [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 3759]