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We have three. Last year we had two but it looked like Rocky was going to die so we got a third to keep Bella company. Rocky pulled through and the third turned out to be a hyperactive fat bitch who bosses the other two around. Rocky is now almost 6 and has had insulinoma and adrenal. Had surgery for both and pulled through but he's a shadow of his former self, he's all grey and his rear legs are very unreliable. He's still a happy energetic little guy but lately he's been wheezing a lot so think he has a flu or something. Sorry if I brought the thread down  we gave them baths earlier today which they HATE but now they're clean and their cage is fresh too.
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Oct 29, 2014 08:10
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Ugh. I think Rocky's time is coming up soon. His back legs are basically nonfunctional; poor little guy drags himself around. He barely moves, but when you play with him his front legs are strong and he's attentive and active, so it's just that his back legs are useless that's keeping him down. I'm seeing the vet Monday. I'm definitely in the Bargaining stage here; I just want him to hit 6 years, 6.5 years, something like that. His sister who is the same age as him is perfectly healthy. If I ever get ferrets again I want to get some of the British ones that have polecat stock bred into them. They're hardy and they live a long time.
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Nov 8, 2014 07:53
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Thread's been going well and in a positive direction for a few posts now, so it's time for a bringdown! We are having Rocky put to sleep this afternoon. His back legs are paralyzed and whatever's happening to him is progressive. Poor little guy, he survived insulinoma and adrenal surgery. Time to rest little trooper.
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Nov 26, 2014 17:58
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CompactFanny posted:Sorry about your little dude. It is hard when they go but you're doing him the ultimate kindness. Also, he didn't survive insulinoma, it is terminal. Sorry I'm just the semantics police Well, he had it last summer, had part of his pancreas removed and from then until his death had no problems with his blood sugar or reappearance of symptoms. What got him appears to be some kind of spinal disorder. We said goodbye this afternoon. It was rough, but now that I have some closure I'm less upset about him. He was a fighter and held on as long as he could but it was time to rest. We're about to take our other two to a new apartment so it'll be a fun few days of ferret-proofing. Can't wait to see what kinds of seemingly impossibly small spaces they can get into, but not out of.
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Nov 26, 2014 23:44
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So one of ours found a hole in the kitchen cabineting she can get into that doesn't appear to lead inside any of the cabinets. When she goes in there I hear a crinkling like plastic bags. She can come out and when she did last I grabbed her and put her in Ferret Jail but it worries me-- what if there's rat traps/poison in there? What if there are holes and she falls in one? I need to plug up the stupid thing.
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Mar 11, 2015 16:45
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Bella went off for surgery this morning. She's been losing hair from the tip of her tail so it's probably adrenal, but she has no other symptoms and her bloodwork came back clean so they're just gonna open her up and hoover out all of the tumors or w/e. Poor old lady, she'll be 7 in February and her grey hairs are noticeable but she still gamely jumps up whenever I squeak a squeaky toy. Our doctor is very very good so I'm confident that she'll be fine, but we can't really afford the surgery right now . I could never forgive myself if Bella died of something we could have prevented so we'll find a way.
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Oct 27, 2015 14:04
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Update: Bell came through surgery fine but woozy. She had a ton of growth on her right adrenal gland, which is really bad since its next to the vena cava and so it's hard to operate on. Our surgeon is great so he got about 90% of it and is biopsying it. If it's cancer then it'll probably be back in 6 months, while if it's benign it'll grow back so slowly she'll die of natural causes long before it becomes a problem. Either way he's not going to operate on her again, if it comes back it comes back.
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Oct 28, 2015 00:11
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I'll ask about it. Dumbass Bella can't stop licking herself so her belly wound is bleeding and there's a bit of red tissue poking out. Tomorrow I'm taking her back to the vet to get her insides put inside and fit her with a teeny tiny Cone of Shame.
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Oct 29, 2015 00:47
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Yeah, her insides were put inside and then the doc replaced his sutures and put a layer of adhesive over, all free of charge. She is a Dumb Animal but she's no longer a partially-inverted Dumb Animal, and she has lots of energy. Hates being stuck in Sick Ferret Jail, though.
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Oct 30, 2015 19:56
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Bella is doing great and has been put back in the Big Pen with her rear end in a top hat sister. Picture to come later. In the meantime we have a new game with Precious, Bella's fat angry sister. I grapple her and then execute a variety of pro wrestling moves like the People's Elbow, the Atomic Piledriver and the Skullcracker while shouting their names. She patiently waits for Daddy to get it out of his system, then when I put her back on the floor she starts spazzing out and dooking like crazy.
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Nov 10, 2015 18:17
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Saying goodbye is always so hard, even when you know it's for the best. I'm sorry for your loss. In lighter news, Bella's tissue biopsy came back benign and all of her hair has grown back. Both of the girls have big fat winter bodies now and they're still terrible at running on hardwood floors. Lot of slipping and sliding.
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Jan 13, 2016 18:39
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Bella's been displaying pretty serious rear leg weakness tonight . I'll go take her to the vet, but 1) money's really tight for us lately and 2) she's more than seven years old and has already had one major surgery, so I think her time might be close to up. We'll see.
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Mar 28, 2016 02:58
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I think tomorrow we will be saying goodbye to Bella, if she makes it through the night. Tough old girl is almost 8 but she's been through adrenal, insulinoma, and now her motor control is going and her head is canted all the way to the left and she can't stand up. Heartbreaking to watch. Ferrets are the saddest pets to have .
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Jan 8, 2017 02:35
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She hung on like a trooper but today we took Bella in to say goodbye. Rest now, fuzzy one. gently caress the world
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Jan 13, 2017 20:55
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precious is real old now and our kitten Molly harasses her, but I haven't heard any ferret hissing or yowling or seen any bottle brushing so I think she's ok. One time Molly started in on her while she was sleeping so precious just bit down on her face and wouldn't let go, then Molly ran off in defeat. The kitten definitely has her on weight and reach but she's a gigantic dumbass whereas precious has the warrior spirit from bossing around two other furts for years
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May 6, 2017 03:16
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where we live is very hot so precious just sleeps totally exposed on the floor. she doesn't have a cage anymore, just our room, which is free to her 24/7. she has a little zip up carrier we leave unzipped and a little house, so it's not like she doesn't have shelter to sleep in (and uses it sometimes) it is just hot hot hot
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Jun 23, 2017 03:02
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Nov 26, 2017 17:07
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