I am very sadden to say that little Duffer has crossed over the bridge. Duffer and CinCin came to me because their parents had other plans and it did not include them. When they brought the 2 boys over I asked them their names, and their reply was "We haven't really named them", this is after 5+ years. The oldest male was called Duffer because he was the oldest, "Old Duffer". So that name stayed. I name the other one due to his coloring. They were kept outside in a cage, fed Friskies cat food, and never knew what a hammock, ferretone, treats or sleep sack was until they came to the house. Duffer was pretty fat through the middle but thin everywhere else. I took him to the vet and she felt a mass, but I wasn't going to operate on him. He also showed all of the signs of Insulmonia. Started him on pred, feed him a mixture between duck soup and Woozle goo and he was doing better. I had to leave town 4 weeks ago and my wonderful new found friend had come over and feel in love with them, so she took them. She kept up the feedings, the pred, and allowed them to run the house and be ferrets. Duffer moved slow but he was doing much better. We did notice that he was losing the muscle tone in his back legs, but once on the pred, he was doing so much better. He started going down hill again last week. He was shaking, and not able stand all that well either. I received a note this morning from my girlfriend letting me know with a heavy heart, that she had helped Duffer cross over the bridge. She stayed with him until the end. She had him cremated and placed in a pretty ern. When it is CinCin's time, she will put them together. With tears in my eyes and with a very heavy heart, I must say goodbye to Duffer and let him know that someday we will meet again in a much better place, where there is no pain, bright sunshine, warm breezes, green grassy hills to run through, plenty of treats and best of all, where we can meet all of our lost love ones. I know he will find my Samson and Jason Poole's little Sammy and play the days away. My only regret is not getting him sooner. L & the 15 spoiled little ones [Posted in FML issue 2414]