December 31, 2005
Goodbye, Scooter.
Posted by Jess in
Day to Day
Today we put Scooter, our eight year old ferret down. Truthfully, I was sure he was going to go right here in his beloved home, and frankly, it's kind of hard to deal with the fact that we had to put him down at all.
But, when your ferret all of a sudden starts screaming, and won't stop screaming, you can't just watch that happen and not do something.
He had been having rough days lately, so it wasn't too much of a surprise. But it's still sad nonetheless. However, no matter how bad his days were, even with the cage door open, he still told us he wanted to be here by somehow managing to leave the cage and snuggle in a pair of pajamas located all the way across the room.
The only thing that brightens me is remembering what a great ferret he was. He was a wierd kid, sure, but he was great. He did things his way. Perfect example, when we bought him, our old roommate had him and we had bought Scooter and his sister Slinky a starter cage kit.
The hammock was just a thin plastic thing, so we went out and bought some nice fleece to cover the hammock. Slinky loved it. Scooter on the other hand, seemed to dig out the fleece every night and always ended up sleeping on the cold plastic. Accepting defeat, we took away the fleece, and Scooter slept happily on the plastic. He's loved it ever since. And, ever since, we have never really been able to explain all the wierd things he does that seems to make sense to no one else but him.
We'll miss you buddy! Eight years is a long time. I can't ever remember *not* having you.
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Oh man, that's tough. He was such a cute little guy, and you and Matt were great parents. Shirley and I feel for ya.
Let me add my condolences to the list. I'm sorry....
Its hard - but probably for the best if he was in pain. Sad, I know.
Our 15-year old cat went in 2004 - we had to replace her with two new kittens last summer, who have managed to shred the house.
---* Bill
So sorry to hear your news, Jess and Matt. It sounds like you had no choice, so concentrate on the good times.
Hope this year goes well for you.
:-( He's in Heaven now, playing with Slinky, Bailey, & Gus again. I will certainly miss that little monkey. Have you told Jay yet?
Seems like not so long ago that you were consoling me over the loss of Tweak. Maybe Tweak and Scooter are off playing somewhere right now.
"And, ever since, we have never really been able to explain all the wierd things he does that seems to make sense to no one else but him."
this reminds me of someone i know. ok, ok, it's ME. i'm going to go ahead and posit, a future me died and was reincarnated in the past, during my present lifetime. i'm fairly sure the somewhat probable existence of parallel universes makes this at least sorta possible. and since i do know you guys now, it would make sense i might come back as a ferret and decide to pick you as my parents.
no, wait, this makes sense! really it does! in some alternate plane of reality, which may only exist in my head, i'm quite sure i was your ferret!
anyway, thanks for taking such good care of me. i'm coming back as an eagle next time, just like pablo neruda. maybe an osprey. and after that, some kind of really big black dog with smooth fur, big jaws and a thousand yard stare. (i have my reasons. if you ply me with enough alcohol at the sphere, i'll tell you all about it.)
Sorry to hear that, Jess and Matt. We know how you loved the little one. Bet Reboot thinks there's someone missing too. Love to you all and happy new year from the gang.
