Please, I've never done this before, as this is my first ferret to cross the bridge. The pain I feel at this moment is like none I have ever felt. My heart has been ripped from my chest and only a hole remains. My heart had a name and it was Bud. He left suddenly, so short was his time on this earth. I was his Mom for a time, but loved him with all my heart. For the last eight months he and his 5 remaining cagemates have lovingly been cared for by my angel on earth-Marlene Blackburn at Richmond Ferret Rescue League. My back surgeries and health problems left me unable to care for my fur family any longer. She opened her heart and her ghome to us without hesitation. Thank you so much Marlene for caring and loving Bud. Lymphoma is always horrible, especially when it strikes one so young. Bud was always a small little sable guy with a hugh heart. I can't pass the door to the laundry room where his cage was without seeing him there, pacing at the side of the cage, begging for my attention-just a stroke with a finger is all he wanted. How I wish I could give him one now. I swear the weasel never slept, he was always awake and He was a loner. I rescued him from a family givng him away on Craigslist, but he never got along with other ferrets. He always came out to play with them, but always slept alone. Please, see that he has someone to be with now that he is at the Bridge, I never could stand the thought of him being alone. I thank God that Marlene was with him when he passed and he passed quickly. I only hope he remembered how much I loved him and how sad and sorry I am that I was not there to comfort him in his journey. He loved to steal his dad's socks-his work sox-only after they were folded and turned inside out with each other. He loved the white load of laundry and dug through it looking for those sox! His other favorite thing to do was steal his sister Scarlet's toys, (especially her tennis ball) and hide them. She would bring them back and he would take them away again. He especially loved his red stuffed Elmo. He will be waiting at the bridge for his brothers Rhett and LeStat and his sisters Scarlet, Flower and Lola. Tell him I will one day be there looking for him and I can't wait to hold him again, I have never forgotten him or his siblings for one second since they left me. I miss them so much and cry for them still, now I'm crying for another reason. Fly High My Little Bud Man. All my Love, Momma Donna missing Rhett, Scarlet, Lola, Flower and LeStat Aunt to Mozeltoff and Timmy and now Bud at the Bridge [Posted in FML 6616]