"Gary" > wrote in message ...

>> I think you are doing the right thing! You will know if and you are
>> ready.
>> May I ask, why does your daughter get ferrets and they try to dump them
>> on
>> you??
>
> Daughter has never kept ferrets to the end. She has no idea how it
> feels to love one then watch them go downhill for many months and then
> die in your arms one night...or at a vet to get euthenized. I've had 4
> of them and they all died right in my bedroom and 3 of them right in
> my arms when the final moment came. The 4th one died after I left for
> a few minutes. Ever be right there as a loved one dies? It haunts you
> forever.

Yes. I know that very well.


> Her first two, I adopted years ago when she moved out. Now that she's
> married she is adopting rescues and she has 6 of them now. Still
> though...she's never experienced a loved one go downhill then die.
>
> Of her 6 now, one of them always fights with the other ferrets but
> gets along fine by herself with a human. She seems to think I have a
> need and this one would be perfect probably. She's said a few times,
> let me just bring it for a visit.
>
> Well...I know me. Bring one for a visit and I'll melt. But right now,
> I don't want another so I tell her NOT to bring it for a visit.

I am pleased to hear that. You need to heal after losing your wee one.


> It's a dilemma for me too. I don't want one right now and maybe not
> for several years until I retire. But by then this one will be dead
> and not lived the happier life that she could have lived with me. How
> do you deal with this? There are always plenty of needy rescues of any
> species. I just don't want to hear about them for a bit.
>
> sigh ;-0

You can't deal with it by taking every ferret you worry about. If I did
that I would have a houseful of rescue dogs. I wonder if that is what
happened to the woman who had my Poppy. I told you about all the dogs she
had. I am sure she took them for good reasons but look what happened! Do
what you can, when you feel you can!



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