This is for Stolly who had to be helped across the bridge on Thursday.
Stolly joined us as a young stray kit from STARescue in 2011. He came as a companion to Wally who was living on his own at the time. Stolly was a bright Albino boy with a feisty nature at first but soon calmed down to be the usual bino affectionate lap ferret. His favourite times were walkies in the woods and digging in everything dirty he could find. He made great friends with Wally and accepted Oshie when he came along soon after. When we moved to the new house they moved in with some of the older boys and where collectively known as the rabble because they where little tearaways!
We will never know exactly what happened but in April 2012 he had what appeared to be a stroke and was very wobbly on his legs. With help from the vet he picked up and although it was obvious he had brain damage he coped with life very well. His luck wasn't good and at Christmas 2012 he began to lose weight rapidly. Suspecting Adrenal he was implanted early in the New Year. Although initially he gained some weight and his coat improved he was still weak but managed ok. He had been looking gradually worse for the last few weeks but he still seemed happy.
I found him on Thursday completely collapsed and obviously incontinent. He was not happy anymore and despite how much it hurt I knew it wasn't fair to keep him going. He slept all the way to the vets in his hammock and had a good cuddle with his Mummy and Daddy before he went gently off to sleep. He is buried in the woods he loved so much. Goodbye little one your life was way to short but you where loved for all of it. Dook on over the bridge until we see you again. xxxx
