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From: "Joanne Ruffner"
Date: 2002-07-06 08:33:31 UTC
Subject: Zorro....Update
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(Please note this was posted on the FML too...sorry for the double post) =

Where do you begin to say goodbye? I guess you begin where it all started.=
=

June 8, 2002 our shelter had a meeting with Ferret Friends Shelter in Tucso=
n. It was decided that we would take two ferrets to our shelter so that th=
ey didn't get full and hopefully we could adopt them out soon. So Zorro an=
d Sammy came to stay with us. Sammy was adopted out last weekend. He was =
so happy. He had a new daddy and a little cage mate named Samantha. Zorro=
couldn't be adopted out that quickly. Oh yes, we had plenty of people tha=
t wanted him. But you see, Zorro was too skinny and needed to be fattened =
up. We didn't know that there was anything else wrong with him.no one knew=
at that time.

We soon learned that Zorro was afraid of other ferrets because he was so sk=
inny they could hurt him so easily. But he got a long with two ferrets her=
e, Buster and Chocolate. So he was caged with them and they tried to take =
care of them. My little Princess Pepper tried to help too but she was much=
bigger than him so he would get scared and cry. =

Zorro loved to go outside on our porch. We took him out there every night.=
Just mom, dad and Zorro. It was his special time and he loved it. He ev=
en found a rubber ball that he had to keep in his hidey hole that he found =
outside. If you took it from him he would go after you and get it back. =

Zorro also loved paper towels and toilet paper. I can't tell you how many =
rolls that he went through!

After coming here we saw that he was having trouble breathing. We took him=
to the vet and she gave us some antibiotics and told us to keep an eye on =
him. He got worse. We took him back in and it was decided that he would n=
eed exploratory surgery, and maybe remove his spleen. The date was set for=
July 2nd. =

July 1st his breathing became worse and we called the on call vet. After t=
alking with him we decided to go ahead and keep an eye on him until the sur=
gery date the next day.

July 2nd the vet decided to do an x-ray before doing surgery. The x-ray sh=
owed a large mass in his lungs. Most likely it was lymphoma.in the advance=
stages. We brought him home without doing surgery and put him on pred. An=
d lasiks. On July 3rd, thanks to our friend June we found a pain medicatio=
n that we could give him to help. We also ordered a herb called Essiacs an=
d it was due to arrive today.Friday.

July 4th we stayed home all day with Zorro. Hoping and praying for a mirac=
le. He was in so much pain. Were we doing the right thing? Was this goin=
g to work out? But how could we give up on him when he didn't seem to want=
us to? After having his evening medicine Shawn set him up on his favorite=
blankies and put his laptop computer in front of Zorro with a DVD movie (D=
r. Dolittle 2) playing for him. He laid there until it was time for his ne=
xt feeding.just so sweet.

July 5th I woke up at 7 am and Zorro helped me get his food and medicine re=
ady. He went back to bed with me to have his breakfast in bed. Then he we=
nt back to sleep while I checked my email. Then he was up and had to go po=
tty. I couldn't get him comfortable again so we got daddy up. He laid dow=
n with daddy for awhile and then got up a little. I went out to the living=
room to get some breakfast.

At 9:28 am Zorro ran to his daddy and he picked him up and held him close. =
Zorro flinched a couple times and then let out a breath and died. He died=
in his daddys arms..

How do you let go? How do you say good-bye to someone who shouldn't have d=
ied. It wasn't his fault. He was a good boy. But he was so tired. =

Shawn came up with a wonderful idea on what to bury him in..a tube. A PVC =
tube. I thought it was nuts but then again.what would a ferret want be bur=
ied in? He lined the tube with Zorros blankie and even made him a little p=
illow. We took a picture of each of us with a message on the back for Zorr=
o. We put in some treats and his favorite rubber ball. We also added a pa=
per towel and some toilet paper.because he loved both of these.

Then Shawn inscribed the tube with Zorros name, date and a message from mom=
my and daddy. We buried him in the backyard after reading the Rainbow Brid=
ge Poem.

In case you are wondering.the herb Essacs arrived at one o'clock.almost 4 h=
ours too late.

Sandee.please show Zorro the way. He doesn't know anyone up there. If the=
re is a place for him to play with paper towels please show him the way. P=
lease watch over him and tell him that his mommy and daddy cry all of the t=
ime. This is our first loss..though I wish it were the last. Zorro meant =
so much to us. =

Zorro.mommy and daddy love you and will never forget the time that we spent=
together. =

Joanne and Shawn

Ferret Corner Shelter

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hopefully we could adopt them out soon.&n=
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So Zorro and Sammy came to stay with us.  Sammy was adopted out last weeken=
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yes, we had plenty of people that wanted him.  But you see, Zorro was too skinny=
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needed to be fattened up.  We=
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know that there was anything else wrong with him…no one knew at that =
time.
We soon learned that Zorro was afraid of other ferrets=
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because he was so skinny they could hurt him so easily.  But he got a long with two ferret=
s here, =

Buster and Chocolate.  So he =
was =

caged with them and they tried to take care of them.  My little Princess Pepper tried t=
o help =

too but she was much bigger than him so he would get scared and cry.  
Zorro loved to go outside on our porch.  We took him out there every night=
.  Just mom, dad and Zorro.  It was his special time and he lo=
ved =

it.  He even found a rubber b=
all =

that he had to keep in his hidey hole that he found outside.  If you took it from him he would =
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after you and get it back.  <=
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Zorro also loved paper towels and toilet paper.  I can’t tell you how many r=
olls that he =

went through!
After coming here we saw that he was having trouble =

breathing.  We took him to th=
e vet =

and she gave us some antibiotics and told us to keep an eye on him.  He got worse.  We took him back in and it was de=
cided =

that he would need exploratory surgery, and maybe remove his spleen.  The date was set for July =

2nd.  
July 1st his breathing became worse and we =
called =

the on call vet.  After talki=
ng with =

him we decided to go ahead and keep an eye on him until the surgery date th=
e =

next day.
July 2nd the vet decided to do an x-ray bef=
ore =

doing surgery.  The x-ray sho=
wed a =

large mass in his lungs.  Mos=
t =

likely it was lymphoma…in the advance stages.  We brought him home without doing=
=

surgery and put him on pred. And lasiks.&=
nbsp; =

On July 3rd, thanks to our friend June we found a pain medication th=
at we =

could give him to help.  We a=
lso =

ordered a herb called Essiacs and it was due to arrive today…Friday.<=
/P>
July 4th we stayed home all day with Zorro.=
  Hoping and praying for a miracle.=
  He was in so much pain.  Were we doing the right thing?<SP=
AN =

style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  Was this going to work out?  But how could we give up on him w=
hen he =

didn’t seem to want us to?  </=
SPAN>After =

having his evening medicine Shawn set him up on his favorite blankies and p=
ut =

his laptop computer in front of Zorro with a DVD movie (Dr. Dolittle 2) pla=
ying =

for him.  He laid there until=
it was =

time for his next feeding…just so sweet.
July 5th I woke up at 7 am and Zorro helped=
me get =

his food and medicine ready.  </SPAN=
>He =

went back to bed with me to have his breakfast in bed.  Then he went back to sleep while =
I =

checked my email.  Then he wa=
s up =

and had to go potty.  I could=
n’t get =

him comfortable again so we got daddy up.=
  =

He laid down with daddy for awhile and then got up a little.  I went out to the living room to =
get =

some breakfast.
At 9:28 am Zorro ran to his daddy and he picked him up=
and =

held him close.  Zorro flinch=
ed a =

couple times and then let out a breath and died.  He died in his daddys arms…=
.
How do you let go?&n=
bsp; =

How do you say good-bye to someone who shouldn’t have died.<SP=
AN =

style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  It wasn’t his fault.  He was a good boy.  But he was so tired.  
Shawn came up with a wonderful idea on what to bury hi=
m in….a =

tube.  A PVC tube.  I thought it was nuts but then =

again…what would a ferret want be buried in?  He lined the tube with Zorros bla=
nkie =

and even made him a little pillow.  =
=

We took a picture of each of us with a message on the back for =

Zorro.  We put in some treats=
and =

his favorite rubber ball.  We=
also =

added a paper towel and some toilet paper…because he loved both of th=
ese.
Then Shawn inscribed the tube with Zorros name, date a=
nd a =

message from mommy and daddy.  </SPA=
N>We =

buried him in the backyard after reading the Rainbow Bridge Poem.
In case you are wondering…the herb Essacs arrive=
d at one =

o’clock…almost 4 hours too late.
Sandee…please show Zorro the way.  He doesn’t know anyone up t=
here.  If there is a place for him to pl=
ay with =

paper towels please show him the way.&nbs=
p; =

Please watch over him and tell him that his mommy and daddy cry all =
of =

the time.  This is our first =
=

loss….though I wish it were the last.  =

Zorro meant so much to us.  =


Zorro…mommy and daddy love you and will never fo=
rget the time =

that we spent together.  =

Joanne and Shawn
Ferret Corner =

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