I am so sad to share that over the weekend we lost our perfect Miss Violet. While this loss was not altogether unexpected, we are feeling at loose ends here. Violet was seven years and two months old. Getting a healthy ferret to the age of seven is sometimes a challenge and Violet had both insulinoma (a blood sugar disorder) and adrenal disease so her long life was more than we thought we would have with her.
Violet was a fiercely independent little girl. Despite that, she was always so cooperative for me when it came to taking meds or eating when asked. We used food to help keep her blood sugar stable between doses of prednisone so I was with her every four to five hours for the last two plus years. There were many late night/early morning feedings, many times of worry when she wasn't doing as well as I would have liked, but mostly many days of feeling like she was happy and active and doing well in spite of her illnesses.
I am thankful that her decline happened very quickly and that she only felt poorly for a matter of hours before she passed. The day before she was outside in the playspace soaking up the sun and playing with her siblings. I am also thankful that she passed peacefully in her sleep, at home, surrounded by her family.
I always feel like it is such a privilege to care for them as they get older, a way for me to give back to them for all the joy and happiness they have brought into my life. Saying goodbye is always so difficult. I hope my sweet girl is at the rainbow bridge, reunited with her littermate Finn, her brother Clooney and her sister Harlow having a ferret party free of any ailments or pain. Rest in peace my lovely girl.
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| One of my favorite shots of her |
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| Posing |
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| Violet and her littermate Finn |
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| Gotcha day |
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| Beautiful girl |
