Please Help With Ferret!!! Urgent!!!

MidnightWolf · #1 09-21-2004, 06:14 PM

My little ferret wasn't doing too well for about a week now.. finally today, when I came home from school he got really sick. I hadn't takin him out of the cage this past week mostly because he was sick and I didn't think he'd want to play. Anyways, I noticed him laying here when I got hom and he did not look good. I looked at his eyes and there was some kind of gunk dried up and he couldn't open his one eye. I wiped it off, and the oozey gunk kept coming out of his eye. I also felt him and he has lost weight rapidly, I've even noticed he wasn't eating much at all this week. I would call a vet now- but how can I get there? I'm way too young to drive and my mom is at work so I'm left here cradling a sick ferret. I did recently give him a no-soap bath to clean him off and hopefully some of the gunk would wash away, sadly he didn't even struggle when I was giving him his bath. He's not even struggling now and I warpped him up in a towel and I'm holding him and gently rocking him back and fourth at the moment. Please give me advice! There is no way to get to a vet now and this is all I can do so please help me out and don't say 'Don't be dumb and take him to a vet" 'cause I clearly stated there is no way for me to right now. Please help. He is only about 6 months old!
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As I see there are not many ferret people on this forum to even help me out.

**krazy4birds** · #2 09-21-2004, 07:56 PM

Hi...and let me tell you how sorry I am that your ferret is so sick and I am not saying this to upset you but it sounds like he may not make it.

Sinse I am not familiar with ferrets my advice would be to hold him and comfort him as you said you were doing. If you can not go to a vet that's all you can do. You have my sympathy and prayers that he will be ok. God Bless

MidnightWolf · #3 09-22-2004, 04:35 PM

Last night I "force fed" him some water and baby food and he did swallow it. I thought he was going to be okay, as I woke up and he was still alive, still laying down. Today after already have a really bad day at school, I came home and checked on him, to find he was dead. -crying- I thought he was going to make it but he didn't. Some people say he's in a better place, but I disagree, the "better place" he could be in right now was to be with me. I don't know how I can go on without him....

Jerica · #4 09-24-2004, 03:30 PM

I just want to say how sorry I am. I have lost two chinchillas in less than a year. I lost one when he was only about 6 months old and one when he was only about 2 years old. I think they died of mouse posion in the basement (there cages are in the basement and they escaped). I never had a chance to take them to the vet either because although I was 16 when they died (just turned 17 earlier this month) I don't have my license and one died at 2 am. They were such sweet little guys and its hard to be without them since one died in March and one in July it really hasn't been that long. I am glad though that I still have my other chinchillas and pets and I'm hoping one will be having the babies of my 2 yr old male. I really hope that you'll be okay, and sometimes it helps to get another pet to help ease the pain. You could even adopt a ferret from a local shelter then you could save its life. I hope you can find some way to ease your pain.

DachshundDuo · #5 09-29-2004, 06:36 AM

I'm so sorry that your little friend has died. I understand that you are hurting terribly right now. When I was fourteen, I had a guinea pig that I was totally in love with. His name was Bambi and I hand raised him because he was born with a birth defect. When he finally died of old age, I thought that my heart would burst with the pain from losing him. But, in time, I began to feel better and remembered the fun times I had with him. That was 20 years ago, and I still remember my Bambi and how much I loved him.

Soon you will find that you won't hurt as bad, and one day, when you least expect it, you will find youself smiling instead of crying when you think of him. Keep your chin up, sweetie. I know you hurt very badly right now, but soon you will feel better.

There are some people who believe that our beloved pets go to a place called "the Rainbow Bridge" when they die. This is a place where they can run and play and be healthy again until one day, when we are called to heaven by God, they are reunited with us. I personally believe that God has a special place for animals in heaven, so I believe that your little ferret is right now in heaven with God, Bambi, and all the other lost loved ones. I know that this does not ease your pain right now, but perhaps it will give you some peace to know that your beloved ferret is in heaven with God, waiting for the long off day when God calls you to heaven.

Take care