This morning Hobbes died on his way to the vet to be put to sleep. Hobbes is one of the "kits" we kept from my breeding days. He was my son's pet until he lost interest in the ferrets. Hobbes was a big dark sable boy with a hooded mask. He was friendly and outgoing and used as an education ferret in his younger days. Hobbes was never a show quality ferret with his slightly askewed ears giving him a lopsided look at first glance. Hobbes was never much on playing with toys except a wigglegiggle ball that he would take upstairs and put in the back of the closet. Hobbes spent in final years first in the retirement cage for older ferrets and when he started losing weight he was moved to the sick cage. We were able to get his weight pretty quickly with duck soup. He was raised on it, so this was a big treat and not a battle to force feed him. Hobbes lived with his parents, Husky (deceased), his mother Killer (Killconey) and sister Ione. I believe a couple of his siblings are waiting for him at the Rainbow Bridge. KG [Posted in FML issue 4827]