Last fall I lost three of my eldest ferrets within a two week period. First Puck, who was around four and healthy till one evening he stopped eating and was very lethargic. Brought him to the vet the next day and he was incredibly weak. Ran some tests and said his kidney levels were really bad and that it was most likely Lymphoma in his kidneys. He was on an IV for a day before passing. Puck's famous for his "Ferrets can't jump" video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1NTPZm2YO0 He was adopted from Little Dude Ferret Ranch a few years ago when he was about a year and a half. Two weeks later I suddenly lost Sassy my second eldest ferret who was Adrenal and had been on Lupron injections for about eight months. I woke to her seizuring with sad little squeaks and by the time I made it to the vets she had passed Those of you that have seen my Youtube videos know her as the itty bitty black sable with BIG attitude. She was such a cute little thing but brave enough to steal slippers WHILE YOU WERE STILL WEARING THEM! I'd adopted her from Little Dudes Ferret Ranch when she was about a year. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs6nfnQlBWM And three days after losing Sassy, I lost Roxy, her lifetime pal who had known her from the shelter they both came from and had been together for the past four years. Roxy had had Insulinoma for the past year and a half and I had an alarm that went off every day at 10 AM/10PM for her Prednisolone. Even had neighbour's teenagers taught to give her her meds so I could take weekends away occasionally to show my former shelter now show cat. Roxy had been REALLY well on the Pred - far better than any prior Insulinomic ferret I'd had. Very active, very happy, great appetite. I think she just gave up when Sassy died so quickly after losing Puck. Roxy's claim to fame is Cinesite UK used her to model turning Malfoy into a white ferret in one of the Harry Potter films using this video http://www.youtube com/watch?v=JhgNCIPIMrA This left my three year old ferret Pan and four year old Jack. Both got VERY depressed and I was having to force feed them. I really didn't feel I had the strength for more ferrets after so many losses - and 13 years of having them and all those other losses - but I couldn't let down my two boys I felt I just wanted to give up entirely on ferrets but there was no way I give these boys away. They're my kids. So I ended up bringing home Bitzy, a little three month old ferret I found at Petco. WOW what a difference in my two older boys! They went from just wanting to sleep to wearing themselves out chasing after her. And they started eating again - and big time! Any weight they'd lost came back quickly - and then some! But man, was she wearing them out! They looked like grandpas chasing after way too hyper grandkids. I felt bad when they, as typical ferrets do, would romp for an hour or so then go off to snooze and she'd be wandering around like Where'd everybody go??" So I looked online for local shelter ferrets and also craigslist for another young ferret. I found a couple in my town that had a six month old girl they'd bought a couple of months that they realized they just couldn't keep. I went and met them with Pan and Bitzy and they loved her instantly. Brought her home and wow - even more happiness in this household. Now Bitzy s got someone as energetic, no, even MORE as you'll see in these vids - Mitzy seriously can go for about three to four hours straight LOL!!! And the boys have two new friends to cuddle with. I really think these little girls saved Pan and Jack. And my faith that things could be happy again in our ferret family. Some of you know my Youtube channel but for those that don't http://www.youtube.com/user/Ferretocious Lots of vids of my two young girls, Bitzy and Mitzy romping with my two older boys as well as vids of most of my other ferrets over the years - RIP Teddy, Freddy, Eddy, Andy, Oliver, Ringo, Duncan, Johnny Rotten, Puck, Sassy and Roxy. The new Ferretocious Four, [Posted in FML 6983]