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Posted by carolyn All my adorable ferrets had cancer: all different kinds. (And they all died ages between 4 years old to 81/2 years old) We had Ultra- Sounds done on all our ferrets over the years. Sometimes each twice! (We have the best Vet in the USA, He's on Animal Planet, DR Kevin Fitzgerald here in Denver. The last 2 are now gone also. Dennis was 5 years old with cancer of the Pancreas for over a year, every month he would get a Cortizone shot to reduce the tumor and give him his appetite, etc. He was very happy and content. Doing well! But my littlest and youngest, Scooter, was only 4 with cancer of the liver. He only lived 3 weeks.(He turned orange all over) I was hand feeding him by syringe with crushed ferret food made into a warm broth. He was not ready to go yet, he wanted to live longer. He still would walk all over home, following us. For a week, Dennis was depressed over losing his last companion, so we kept real close eye on him. We had his cage in our bedroom, as we did with Scooter, both of them, since we knew they were dying. The next mooring my hubby found him curled upside down sort of twisted, in a deep coma. We think he was trying to make it to the litter box next to him, inches away. He had bled internally through his bowls when the cancer broke through. (We had no idea and he was fine all night, while we kept checking him. He was still eating and even followed us around when he was out of his cage. No sign of dying). He never made a sound, But he was not dead yet. We held him a few seconds and cried, then my hubby took him in to be put to sleep. It was awful. I have been in mourning for weeks now. I was so upset if they were in any pain, that we didn't know about. They showed no signs. I just wish I knew sooner and could have taken him right away. I have had a lot guilt seeing this awful cancer in all our ferrets. We loved them and had spent a lot to time with them and a lot of money, but it was worth every penny. We couldn't go anywhere, when we knew they had cancer, so for many years, we had to plan around them, so they came first. I just had to vent and grieve for my little fuzzies. I know soooooo many others go through this and it was just hard for me to understand if there was any pain. I wish I could have done more for them! Thank you for listening to me, to all those who have gone through this themselves. I have learned there is no right way or wrong way.
on 6/13/2006, 1:30 pm, in reply to "Cancer death of my 2 adorable ferrets"
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Thank you Mary for your concern.
Near the end he wanted to be with me, so I cuddled him in my lap. If I got up, he would panic until I held him. He was very comfy and licked my hand. He would take a few drops of water, then he went into a deep coma, so fast. About four hours later, my husband took him in to put to sleep before he had any pain. I felt so depressed. He knew we were with him, I hope.
God bless,
Carolyn
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