Long time no post

It's been a long time since I posted. Honestly, I haven't even looked at the blog since December or so. Every time I came here I thought about how when I started it, I had my original guys, and now they're all gone. It was just too hard, so I stopped.

I still miss them all so much, but I think I'm ready to let them go a little, enough to think of them without getting sad. They gave me so many wonderful memories, and I'll always have those, even if I don't have my fuzzies anymore.

With that said...

Not too much has changed since November. Ellie had to have the same surgery that Mr. Big did. She healed very quickly and with no problems. Thankfully her stone was much easier to remove than Mr. Big's because it wasn't nearly as large. We thought Frank had them as well after some weird bathroom behavior, but an x-ray showed he was clear. Abby never had any problems, and an x-ray to be sure showed she was just fine. We now know it must have been the Hills d/d diet - too much plant material and protein. I don't know if Jebabba would have had stones if he had lived, but I think he probably wouldn't have, what with his loss of digestive capability.

In further ferret news, both Frank and Ellie are adrenal. I have a suspicion that Mr. Big may be as well, but it's just a hunch at this point. There are no symptoms to prove it. Abby is completely healthy, or she's not showing any symptoms of anything anyway.

We have a second dog - Bella, Steve's family's 9 year old German Shepherd, black lab, something mix - and the ferrets love to play with her. She was raised playing with Steve's first two ferrets, so she's great with them. Nia, our 9 month old German Shepherd puppy, is still too excitable to be allowed to play with them, but she gets to sniff them when she's on her leash, laying down, and heavily supervised. Mr. Big gave her kisses on her nose this morning.

So that's that. You'd think I'd have more to report after 7 months, but surprisingly not. Sure, there have been some health scares here and there, but for the most part it's all good. I do find though that my relationship with these guys is different. I love them very much, but sometimes I feel afraid to love them as much as I loved my last guys. It just hurt so badly to lose them, and I don't know if I can go through that again. But I try to let myself just feel, and most of the time it works.

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