For those of you who remember.... About four years ago there was a rescue done from an SPCA in Northern New Jersey. Sixteen ferrets had been taken in. We heard about it from the FML. I told my friend Melissa about it because I knew she was looking for another friend for her two ferrets Kooto and Daisy. She adopted Sasha, a somewhat shy but sweet ferret. We don't know how old she was when she was adopted; she could have been anything from one to four years old at the time. Sasha was a petite little chocolate girl who obviously was not doing well with such a large group. It was apparent that she wasn't getting enough to eat because she was very thin, and somewhat jumpy around other ferrets. I'm sure that once she was adopted by Melissa, she felt that she was in heaven. For the first time she had plenty to eat, of good quality food. She was skittish around the other two originally, but after a while she was finally integrated and enjoyed having friends. She was still prone to being vocal when she played, but I think it was a combination of being somewhat of a scaredy-cat, and having very thin skin. Sasha lived with Melissa for four years. About six months ago she was diagnosed with insulinoma after losing weight for several months. She was put on Pred, and did well for a time. Last Thursday she crashed. We gave her some sub-Q fluids, and some honey water followed by duck soup, and she rallied for a few days. On Sunday she crashed again, and it was time for her to go join her friends Kooto and Daisy at the bridge. She was a sweet girl, and she will be missed. Melodyt and the fab five Part time ferret boarder for Sasha and her family -- Melody Tomaszewicz Holdings Record Maintenance Team Leader New Brunswick Libraries Access/Collection Services Rutgers University Email: [log in to unmask] Phone: (732) 445-3856 ext. 313 ,',', ___ \ `'`,' \ ()o=; `'`','`/ .. \/ / ( / \ "/ \(_ \(_ "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." [Posted in FML issue 5178]