This is so very hard for us to write because of the way our Brother "And Me Too! Azu" left for the Rainbow Bridge.

"And Me Too! Azu" lost his battle with insulinoma and adrenal @ 4:15 P.M. Thursday October 9, 2003, a very tragic ending to his young life.

It is so very sad the way he left for the Rainbow Bridge.  Just a few days ago Azu was climbing up into is condo, on the second level, because Daddy forgot to leave the bottom door open for him.

On Thursday, he wasn't himself.  Daddy was checking on Azu every couple of hours. Daddy was holding Azu in his arms then it all happen, he had a couple of seizures (that Daddy would not wish upon anyone), Azu jerked his head back twice, opened his mouth wide, foam came out of his mouth. Azu's little heart stopped beating and then his head slowly dropped and his mouth closed, he crossed over to the Rainbow Bridge. So very sad, so very young, so very heartbreaking.

Azu was a neutered male standard dark silver, shelter ferret, brought into the shelter stitched up from the bottom of his stomach to the top of his throat, at the age of one, from an unnecessary operation.

Azu's color theme was orange. While at the shelter, Daddy was going to bring home Eryus only and then this little fella came out of hiding and started to pull on Daddy's pant leg saying and me too and me too. Daddy ended up bring them both home and his name became "And Me Too! Azu".

"And Me Too! Azu" was lightening fast, once when the door to our apartment was opened he zipped out in the hallway, without us knowing, someone called the manager and said a ferret was running around in the hallway and before long the manager came by and asked us if we had a missing ferret.  Daddy was thinking someone else had ferrets until he opened the door and there was Azu having a good time in the hallway.

Azu was going bald, but had a patch of hair on top of  his head, like Stan Laurel (from the comic team of Laurel and Hardy). Daddy started to call him Stanley.

We are missing our youngest brother "And Me Too!Azu" but he is not forgotten:

1 Very Sad Sister: Lady Xavier
2 Very Sad Brothers:  Yazu and Zacaryeus

Xeryus

April 2, 1997 - September 20, 2003

Survived by:

 1 very sad Sister: Lady Xavier

4 very sad Brothers: Zacaryeus, Yazu,

and Me Too! Azu

color theme is navy blue...my very first boy...my buddy buddy...

named after my cologne...Xeryus Rouge (red bottle black top) also a Egyptian Ferro/God/Ruler...

Born April 2, 1997...a neutered male standard sable...a lost ferret that no one claimed...a 1st place champion show shelter ferret...

Last October, 2001, Xeryus had a cystic kidney burst on him, sent home to die...he is the only known ferret to have survived this ordeal...

Shortly after that he was diagnosis with adrenal...surgery was out of the question do to his kidney condition...and again he was sent home to die...but survived...

Xeryus lost his fur on his tail and body...the only hair he had left was on his head and legs/feet...and his skin was old-wrinkle and oily...I started giving him Melatonin...30 days pass...I just couldn't believe my eyes...his hair grew back on his tail and then all over his body...It just seems like a miracle...he has hair all over his body...his skin is not old and wrinkle or oily and he is back to his normal self...

The last couple of months his health worsen...and would lay on my chest with his head over my shoulder...for hours at a time...he was the most lovable and adorable ferret that you would ever come across..he was also the neatest ferret...when he would awake you would think he folded his own blankies...this is how neat he was...and if any of the other ferrets spilled food on the carpet which had fallen from the condo...he would eat the kibbles...cleaning up after them and their messes...he loved tennis balls...while carrying them he would walk with his head held up so high and proud and would put them in a straight line...

I knew his death was coming...but did not want to accept it...this is why I was probably spending 24 hours a day 7 days a week with him...

Xeryus will be joining his brother and sisters at the Rainbow Bridge:
Scarlett O'Hara, Repuda da Beuda, Carreen O'Hara, Zoey "O", Skye Shaw, and Eryus.

I miss him so very very much...my heart is broken into many many pieces...

To Porter, 2/10/2006 from Karen

You were my son's ferret but from the time you came home, you were mine also.  So playful and cute.  You gave me hours of joy watching you play with my little toy poodle.  What fun you both had.  I will always remember also seeing you run up and down the stairs stealing each one of my husband's baseball hats. 

I will miss you sweet baby.  See you on the other side.

Love Karen

Luckie Star
December 2005 - February 2006

My Spookie passed away almost one year and 10 days before we brought Luckie Home. I'd written the tribute to Spookie and sent it in on the anniversary of her passing. It had taken a long time before I could think about considering another fuzzy friend, but the day I wrote the tribute to her for this page was the true day I said goodbye.

I'd moved in with my fiance Jeff 10 days after Spookie left me. It was a year of a great many changes. At age 40 it's hard to adjust to living with someone, it involves a great deal of change, but over two years later, I still feel like I'm living a a beautiful dream.

For our one year anniversary living together, we went to dinner and stopped by the pet store. They had one little guy, a true sweetheart. Luckie came home with us that day, the first ferret Jeff had ever lived with ,and for Jeff who tends to be a bit on the "perfectionist" side, a true challenge in learning to live with such an unpredictable little character.

Luckie brought about more change, but what we have learned over the last few years that often times change makes improvements in your life that you never dreamed possible. It was Jeff who came up with the idea for the awesome cage he built Luckie, a palace cage fit for the king and queen of ferrets. It's built into a closet (actual door removed and replaced with two doors - the top level door is wire and the lower level door is of plexiglass), with two carpeted ramps, 3 levels, a basement litter box and its own exhaust system. It was a costly project, but it greatly enhanced both Luckie's living environment and our experience with Luckie.

Luckie loved to play with our kitten Skooter, they were about the same age. Skooter has a deformed back leg and some parts of his mostly cushie life are a little more challenging then normal, but somehow Luckie knew Skooter's limitations and always played fair. Luckie and I would walk outside, but instead of running ahead or roaming on his own, Luckie always stayed close to me, even when I would drop his lead and allow him to explore. We would sometimes walk side by side, but often times he would ask to be picked up and carried, and then he'd snuggle in my arms as we enjoyed the outside together, until something else would catch his interest and then he'd need to be on the ground again, but never far away.

He was only about a year old when he crossed over rainbow bridge. Luckie Star went to sleep one night and never woke up. Looking back we realized how quickly he tired and how often he needed to rest. We just thought he had a bit of a lazy streak, but we were wrong, he had a weak heart that just couldnt keep up with all that a little ferret wants to do.

Today Jeff and I stopped by the pet store where we found Luckie. There was one little ferret guy, all alone. He looked so lonely and wanting of a good home. I thought about all we have to offer him, he'd fill a little of the hole left by Luckie's departure, but somehow I just couldn't do it. Not yet. We will, but it's only been a couple months and we had been considering getting a friend for Luckie....so maybe two next time...

I hope that little guy goes to a special home where he touches the heart(s) of those people who take him in, just like our little Luckie boy did.

Luckie filled our lives with laughter for only a short year. His name, "Luckie Star" was symbolic or our relationship and how it we felt about the 3 of us having been brought together...

We hold you in our hearts and memories Luckie Star, we know you are with Spookie, Spaz, Snookie and also Simone (who at 15 also left us this year), two special ferrets and three special kitties who touched our lives and brought into our lives that special bond that happens between pet and owner, that unconditional sort of love that enriches your life beyond measure!

Until we hold you in our arms again Luckie....
Our love, Jeff, Jen and Skooter

In Loving Memory
"Sneeky" Nyru
September 12, 2004 -December 2, 2005

I will miss my baby boy Nyru very much, we had a short time together but he will be in my heart forever. He was very sweet, loved to cuddle and give kisses to everyone. He fought a hard battle against a stomach ulcer for 2 weeks and finally didn't want to hurt anymore and went to a final sleep to walked over the rainbow bridge. I know now he is not in pain and is happy. I already miss him but I know someday I will see him again. We all love you Nyru, my heart is broken but remembering all of our fun and happy times together will help heal my pain. I love you.

Andrea Bales

To Fred, 1993 to 10/18/02 from Vicki Havard

http://www.geocities.com/vickihavard/fredpage.html

.God knew you were suffering,
That hills were hard to climb,
So He gently closed your eyelids,
And whispered "Peace Be Thine",

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In tears we watched you sinking,
We watched you fade away,
Our hearts were suddenely broken,
You fought so hard to stay,

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But when we saw you sleeping,
So peaceful, free from pain,
We could not wish you back,
To suffer here again,

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Dedicated to:
O'Malley Sager
2005-2006
In my heart forever

To Link
by Katrina Lundgren

My precious boy, Link. I got to keep him for 5 wonderful years. He went over the rainbow bridge on June 10th of 2005. This was extremely difficult for me, he was my first ferret and the most perfect ferret you could ask for. Link never bite hard when playing, so sweet and affectionate. He would sleep with me in the bed. Unfortunately, he was diagnosed with adrenal gland disease, he went through surgery. I got to keep him another year after that, but then he lost his battle with cancer.

He must have know how much I missed him and how often I cried, and how I was trying to stay strong for my little girl, Badger. Link started to run across my left foot every so often. He made sure I felt it, to the point I was looking around to see if my little girl had gotten out!

Link also knew how depressed Badger was, he would come and play with her. I know this because she was so depressed that her best friend left, Badger wouldn't think of playing (even with my best efforts). About a week after he left, Badger was a the end of my bed playing so joyfully and looking up at nothing that I could see. I just knew it was Link coming back to give her some comfort. I automatically went into happy tears and saying “ thank you Link, thank you!”. He still now occasionally comes and runs across my left foot, so distantly. I look up and say “thank you, I love you, and still miss you“. It helps to know he is not far away. I am going to get a tattoo (my first) of ferret prints across my left foot. I never was fore sure about an after life until Link made sure I knew. The strong bond of love is never broken.

I swore that when my little girl Badger has to go over the rainbow bridge, I was done no more ferrets! It hurts too much to lose them. Then Badger was lonely, so I got Razzi. Then I heard of a baby girl who needed a good home, of course I couldn’t resist. I named her Binx, and know I’m forever a fuzzy lover.

I can’t say the pain of losing one goes away after time (tears are running down my face as I write this letter), however, it helps having other fuzzys running around full of life and vigor. God bless their precious souls, they teach us true joy and unconditional love. Thank you for reading my letter.

Katrina