Learn a Lesson

I was watching my ferrets play the other day. They are often better than TV . It was my senior group of ferrets being a bit more exuberant than usual.........war dancing, dooking and rumbling with each other. I watched Lielah and Sir Woozle dook it out with each other. Lielah is a 1 lb 6 oz little girl and Sir Woozle is 2 lb 7 oz. Lielah was holding her ground and keeping up even with her 1 pound disadvantage. What really set me to thinking is that both of these 2 have adrenal disease. They are on medicines that can help control the disease but not cure it........eventually even the Lupron will no longer sustain them and the disease will take over and take them from me........ but, here are 2 sick ferrets and yet they can live and play for the moment. Nothing is as important as now...........life can't wait and they must do all that they can .....NOW.

If only we……..people could live this way

Now you can tell me that animals don’t know they are sick or that they are dying, but I don’t believe that. I have looked in the eyes of an animal pleading to be put out of pain…..released from a disease ridden body. I have also looked into the eyes of an animal that has asked for more time. I have watched my ferrets play more gently with another ferret that is ill, disabled or old…….. and I have watched one ferret nuture another that was mourning the loss of a mate. Oh….they understand life…….maybe better than we do.