Today was a day of contradictions here at Ferret Central, happy to sad and back to happy all in one day. With a very clean room to play in the furry kids hit the ground running. Snax had a wild streak going. Running full blast then literally laying down and sliding under the cages. Snax has learned that the floor has been sealed and the surface just begs for ferrets to run and slide and Snax has learned to take advantage of the situation. It scares me seeing Snax, Phineas, Matilda, and Sassy running and sliding under the cages. I dread the thought of one of them not ducking low enough and hitting their head and knocking themself out or worse. But, ferrets will be ferrets. As they all played and I cleaned the cages and played with the furry kids I happen to notice that one of them had not made it to a potty pan. Worse, the deposit was dark and somewhat runny. I tried to figure out who had done this but I couldnt pin it on any one ferret so I will watch each cage and work on a process of elmination, no pun intended. I notice that I had 3 little furry kids who were very lethargic and not eating well. One is an insulinoma kid the other two have been normal until today. I picked the three up and held them and talked with them trying to figure out what was going on. We sat there for some time before Lucinda finally spoke up. She said, Daddy, Im scared. I dont feel good and I remember when little Vikki got sicker and sicker until one night she just stopped living. I remember laying against her and feeling her get colder and colder. I also remember when you found her you said that she had chosen to be with her cage mates when it came time for her to cross the Bridge. I sat there and held her with the other two, petting them and talking softly to them. It took me a little while before I could gather my thoughts and feel like I could speak without tearing up. I asked her if she was scared of leaving here, not knowing where she was going, and what the Bridge was like. She merely nodded. Okay, guys and girls, I guess it is time for the talk about the Bridge. If you want to hear it, come on and sit around me where you are close together and can hear me. Every one of the little furry kids came and formed a semi-circle around me. I held the three while Gunner, LaBoppy, Willie, Dixie and Matilda all sat right at my knees. The rest formed up behind them either sitting while some chose to lay down and look up at me. I explained how there comes a time in the life of everyone and every thing wears out, the body just cannot go on. I told them that sometimes things happen like accidents that cause some of us to die. But, no matter what happens to cause that time to come, the soul leaves the body. When that happens the soul leaves the body behind and speeds through a dark space for a few moments then comes out into the light. The light gets brighter and brighter until finally we see a bridge. On the other side are friends, family, loved ones, and others we will meet when we cross the Bridge. I told them that once we cross the bridge our bodies are whole again, we regain everything we lost here on earth. I told them that after we have been across the bridge for a while we can come back and see and help or see people and ferrets who are still here. Little Dixie asked what would happen if a little ferret was killed and its legs were cut off, how would they get to the bridge. I told them that everyone has a job on the other side of the bridge, so are healing ferrets, some are helper ferrets, some carry messages. I told them that a helper ferret would go to that little ferret and carry it to the Bridge and once it crossed the bridge it would be whole again. Lucinda kept looking at me, watching me very closely. I have a feeling she or possibly little Bridget is getting ready to make the trip to the bridge. I know both of them are very sick, its just a matter of time. I hope I have prepared them. I know Im as prepared as I can be for them and myself. Now we wait, and the wait is murder on the mind. Im sitting here alternating between tears and a feeling of contentment. This is something I have absolutely no control over. And im not used to not being in control. So, as the sun sets, hug your kids, human and furry. Be well everyone.
Posted on: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 00:49:45 +0000
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