I feel like such a mean mommy right now

My poor little Jebabba... I'm thinking of fostering some ferrets because Jebabba needs some friends, so I had to do an ADV test. It's been a while since he's had one, and I've never actually done it myself. Someone else has always done it for me.

So I just got a blood sample to send in, and oh my god, it was awful. Jebabba and I are both completely traumatized. I fully recognize the importance of ADV testing, but I will never do it again myself. Next time I'll just have the vet draw the blood for me. There was blood everywhere, Jebabba peed and pooped himself in protest, and it took forever to get the blood to clot. (took the sample from his toenail)

Steve was able to distract him somewhat with olive oil and his duck soup, but Jebabba is a windmiller (you know, when you scruff a ferret, and he swings his lower body around in a circle) when I just try to clip his toenails, let alone when I purposely cut them short and try to get a blood sample from it. It was horrible. Jebabba seems to have forgiven me, but he's obviously upset. I hope the stress doesn't have a negative effect on his recovery. His stools have looked so good recently.

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ferret, ferrets, IBD, ADV, ADV testing