We just buried our little Kizsi-Ki a bit a go. I am numb but can't sleep... just cry. There is a big hole in my heart. My husband and I both have cried buckets. Tonight I went in the ferret room to fetch our four fuzzies to play. Their cage is always open but usually Kitzi is curled up in a ball next to her best bud Chewie. Tonight she wasn't in the cage and as I searched I begin to feel more of a sinking heart. I found her crushed beneath the radiator cover that we put on to keep them away and safe from the radiator. This is a metal decorative cover that is heavy. There was a tiny little air vent in the side next to the floor. Kizsi had forced her little head and half of her little body into that tiny little place. She got stuck and and her little back was broken from her struggle to get free. When we got our little angels we knew that they would never be allowed to run free. We have an old house that would be next to impossible to totally ferret proof. We gave them a big room, a big cage and free time to run in the upstairs supervised a couple of hours each night. We went over every inch of every room they would be in. We bought radiator covers for all of our big beautiful radiators. Typically in a day I go in their room to check on them several times while they sleep. Today I only went in twice in the early afternoon. Both times they were all sleeping as only ferrets can sleep. Once late in the afternoon I heard what sounded like one of my cats meowing and I dismissed it as just the cats. I now think that was my sweet baby calling for help. I feel so guilty....so utterly heartbroken.... so full of utter dispair. Kitzi was an absolute joy. A joyful war dancing spirit who touched our hearts and made us laugh. Kizsi-Ki was beautiful and only 12 weeks old............I will miss you and love you forever sweet girl and so does your best Bud Chewie, Pasha, and our little Yoshi. -- Warm Regards, Victoria Have a Moment? Take a Peek! Ferrets, Guinea Pigs, Cats and Rabbits, Oh My!!!<http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Farm/2610/> I hope to make people realize how totally helpless animals are, how dependent on us, trusting as a child must, that we will be kind and take care of their needs...[They] are an obligation put on us, a responsibility we have no right to neglect, nor to violate by cruelty." James Herriot "Compassion...can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind." Dr. Albert Schweitzer [Posted in FML issue 2571]