another RIP but this time it's not about patrick swayze.
Last night I lost my ferret Ruby to what I'm about 98% sure is something called Insulinoma. I know this thanks to my google searching skills and of course because she had all of the symptoms of it. Basically about a month or a month and a half ago she stopped eating, began losing weight and her eyes started to look sort of glossed over. She was also sleeping a lot and just not really interested in playing as much. I separated her from Oliver about a week and a half ago and began hand feeding her. I thought that maybe she stopped eating due to him stealing the food or the heat we had earlier on this summer. She had started to gain some weight back and had also begun eating on her own again so I was feeling hopeful about being able to put them back together. Then yesterday afternoon she had a seizure.
All of the sudden she was screaming and flopping around in her cage. I tried holding her so she wouldn't hurt herself on the cage bars but she kept screaming and screaming. I've never heard her make a sound before and I'm pretty sure they can only make involuntary sounds (like when they're distressed). My roommate ran out and got some Karo syrup for me and we put it on her gums. This made her stop convulsing but after the convulsions stopped she appeared very weak and seemed to have lost mobility. :( I wrapped her up in some t shirts to try to relax her and hoped that she would fall asleep and just go quietly. When Jon and I got home from the radio station a few hours later she was gone. I cried for a while but ultimately I was just glad that she didn't suffer long and upset that I didn't realize there was a problem sooner.
We wrapped her up in a bag and put her in the freezer and tonight we'll have some sort of official ceremony to send her off into the next life. I'm planning to burn her but I'm not really sure how well it will work out.
I already miss you little Ruby girl.
I'm down to one baby.
All of the sudden she was screaming and flopping around in her cage. I tried holding her so she wouldn't hurt herself on the cage bars but she kept screaming and screaming. I've never heard her make a sound before and I'm pretty sure they can only make involuntary sounds (like when they're distressed). My roommate ran out and got some Karo syrup for me and we put it on her gums. This made her stop convulsing but after the convulsions stopped she appeared very weak and seemed to have lost mobility. :( I wrapped her up in some t shirts to try to relax her and hoped that she would fall asleep and just go quietly. When Jon and I got home from the radio station a few hours later she was gone. I cried for a while but ultimately I was just glad that she didn't suffer long and upset that I didn't realize there was a problem sooner.
We wrapped her up in a bag and put her in the freezer and tonight we'll have some sort of official ceremony to send her off into the next life. I'm planning to burn her but I'm not really sure how well it will work out.
I already miss you little Ruby girl.
I'm down to one baby.