>From: Sue Pyron <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Uhhhh > >What is it that evokes such an intense love. Why are all of the ferret >people treat thier ferrrets like little babies. She then asked me >why....do ferret people, time after time, give their hearts, so intensly >to these animals,only to have it broken, again & again, Want to know >what I said?? I hemed, & ummed, I could'nt answer! ... EXACTLY... you can not explain the feelings to someone who does not already feel them...they can not understand...and you do not need to explain them to those who already do...:) [i am also so sorry that Oscar will be leaving soon...HUGS!!!!] the only way i can say it is that saying that is going around... "Cats and dogs steal your heart...but ferrets steal your soul." this statement makes some people mad...like you REALLY mean they steal your soul...but it just means that they burrow so deeply INTO you...that if feels soul deep... i have been a cat lover...siamese...all my life...i can not remember EVER being without a siamese cat...i have 4 right now...and i only had ONE...in all my 53 years..that has EVER been "part of me"...i did not know there were deeper feelings for any animal till i met my first ferret, Rascal {RIP}...and since then [1996] we have had a total of 33 ferrets...19 have gone to the bridge...some of those losses were so devastating..i did not know if i would get thru it...my husband cringes every time a ferret comes along that i know belongs with us...he can not stand to see me in that kind of pain when they have to leave... i just tell him...i would much rather have the love of...and give the love to this precious creature...and lose him...than to never have shared that at all... what i mean is...the benefits i get far outweigh the pain of loss...deep tho it is... there is a country song out there by Trisha Yearwood that says what i feel...it is on my SonnyBuns' page... http://ferretlover97.terrabox.com/sonny.html it still makes me cry for him even today...and he left 10-31-01... love, kat Fuzzy Hugs & Whiskered Kisses...http://ferretlover97.terrabox.com/ If you listen to your heart, and hear IT rather than the guilt, you are always right. [said by Jean Caputo-Lee] My E-Bay Store... http://stores.ebay.com/kats-gnomes-n-more My Sleepsacks ... http://ferretlover97.terrabox.com/sleepsack.html My Afghans ... http://ferretlover97.terrabox.com/afghan.html Next SOS Raffle Starts May 1st ... http://raffle.supportourshelters.org/ [Posted in FML issue 4856]