Hello everyone, It has been a long time since I have written and I imagine this will be my last posting. My ferret, Jitterbug, is very sick and I don't think she will make it through the weekend. She has been adrenal for about 2 years, but always seemed happy and active. A couple of days ago her vulva shrunk a lot and I thought maybe she was going into remission. But then I noticed she was having a lot of difficulty walking. She appears to be dragging her back two legs and she has a lot of diareeah. I took her to the vet and 10 minutes and $118 later, he still had no idea what was wrong with her. He did rule out insulnoma, but thats about it. I am currently unemployed and not in a position to continue veterinary care so I have been hand feeding her duck soup and trying to keep her comfortable. She is the sweetest ferret I have ever owned, but she is also over 6 years old (I am her second owner so I am not sure of her exact age) and as I said my financial position is very bad to put it lightly. I am out of solutions and am just waiting and watching her die. If I knew of a shelter that would take her in I would take her there, but I fear that it wouldn't do any good given her age and the apparent severity of her illness. I have thought about putting her down, but I can't bear to end her life early and I think it would be better if she died at home. I am an emotional wreck right now and am thinking that I should find a new home for my other ferret, Monkey. She is much younger (3 years), very healthy and very beautiful. I think she will be too lonely without Jitterbug so I want to give her to someone who has other ferrets. Given my finances I cannot get another one myself and I think Monkey should be with someone who can take care of her properly if she were to ever get ill. As I said she is VERY healthy now, but I feel so terrible about what is happening to Jitterbug and I don't anything like that to happen to Monkey. So ... free to a good home that is FINANCIALLY STABLE and has at least one other ferret for her to play with, a beautiful 3 year old sable ferret named Monkey. Very strong, very mischevious. I live in Los Angeles California and can be contacted via my e-mail address. [log in to unmask] I will not be reading the FML anymore so please contact me directly if you are interested in taking Monkey. Depressed in Los Angeles, Rebecca [Posted in FML issue 2849]