The Epic Ferret Guy Saga

About seven years ago, Epic Ferret Guy was dumped on a neighbor's porch in the dead of night. She couldn't keep him, so she convinced me that I needed a ferret. I got online and consulted ferret owners until I was sure I could care for an exotic pet like a ferret.

It was clear he had been abused and neglected. He bit everyone, sometimes hard enough to draw blood, and he did not want to be touched, especially on his head or belly. He never bit me, but it took days of patient care and love before he'd allow me to handle him. He still bites everyone else.

He is still terminally ill, but his quality of life at the moment is good, and he's comfortable and happy.

He had surgery last October for a pancreatic tumor which caused him to suffer from insulinoma. These tumors tend to be less severe, and he made a full recovery. We were hoping his new illness was equally easy to treat.

Unfortunately, he had a liver tumor, and it was malignant. The vets removed what they could, and he is on Prednisone twice daily to slow regrowth.

We may not have much time left with Epic Ferret Guy, but we're focusing on making him happy.

He likes watching videos of himself, too. :)




NOTE: There's a section of this video showing a nasty wound. If you prefer not to see this, it is safe to look back when the background music changes. The video and photos of this wound were taken at about 2-3AM, while frantically calling every vet in the area, hoping for a 24-hour referral number, as the advertised 24-hour ER for animals here "doesn't do exotics." I bandaged him up with first aid supplies around the house, and the video and photos were to let the vet see the area before s/he unwrapped it, so they wouldn't make anything worse. It was, all in all, an extremely distressing evening for the little guy and for everyone else.

I urge ferret owners to consider asking their vets to do "internal stitches" to close surgical wounds, and to avoid "surgical glue." Also, demand antibiotics and pain meds for your pet. If the first vet is a dick and refuses to prescribe these meds, or insists on un-bandaged external stitches, find a different vet. Your animal WILL pull his/her stitches, especially if they have not been given meds.

The "bad" vet is the only qualified exotic pet / small animal surgeon within 300 miles, but he has a terrible bedside manner and ignores pet owners' requests and advice about their pets' quirks...which is why I have a second vet who gives regular check-ups and competent aftercare when my animals need surgery.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• anonymous
• chanology
• atlanta
• scientology
• caek
• ferret
• cancer
• cute
• healthcare
• lulz

[animuniz10]

hi i am going to get 2 ferrets and was wondering if they are hard to care for? i do have the time to care for them but i was just wondering

[AnonyFerret]

@animuniz10: The take time and money but are very rewarding pets.

[Dxb0y9]

what causes liver cancer to ferrets like what happened to it and how can we protect our ferrets from cancer and diseases plz replay anyone!

[AnonyFerret]

@Dxb0y9: It we knew what causes liver cancer in ferrets, we might know what causes it in people. Unfortunately, we don't. It just happens. Alas, it happens a lot to little ferrets.

[Dxb0y9]

@AnonyFerret so ferret sometimes gets it from people and sometimes randomly? how can we prevent it. Does the letter and or the food can cause the cancer also?

[AnonyFerret]

@Dxb0y9: No. What I am saying is that we don't KNOW what causes cancer in ferrets or people. It's not their litter or food.

[FraggedMind]

EPIC FERRET IS EPIC

[BKF666]

Glad Epic Ferret Guy got better. Anons care about the world thus they care about animals. Scilons care about money thus they care about Scientology(scam). Scilons please try and care about the real world.

***** on the vid

AnonyFerret I thank you for being so kind to animals in need.

[sirroxalot]

@Dxb0y9 Mine died in 2004 because of liver cancer. I didn't know it was this common.

[sherik5]

I love epic ferret. I currently have 7 fuzz butts, I wouldn't trade them for all the money in the world!!

[sherik5]

I love epic ferret

[Dxb0y9]

@AnonyFerret ok thx anyways