not sure what to do
Hi all,
Ive been debating this for a good couple of months and i feel like i need someone to guide me in the right direction.
I currently own three beautiful, cheeky, playful ferrets (des 3, scout 3 and tommy 7) they are a bonded trio who have all experienced alot of death related grief in the past few years.
I never considered seriously owning a ferret, but I was in a horrible relationship where an ex of me and my wife (poly) convinced us to get ferrets, he was only going to get one but i fell in love with another ferret so we got two.
We made a friend who also had ferrets but were kinda homeless at that time so they all moved in with us for nearly a year, friend passed away and we took in three of their ferrets and the others went to family.
Ex then cheated and left us for someone else, while also abandoning his (not biological son but son) child and separating two brothers, as well as a dog and ferrets.
He never did ANYTHING for the ferrets the two and a half years we were together, I cleaned their cage twice a week, fed them daily, made sure they had adequate playtime and paid for everything)
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I love my slinky babies so much, they’re so playful and cute, and me and scout have best bond ever.
But we have had three ferret deaths in the past two years, and while the three ferrets causes of death weren’t at all related to the ability of my care, its been alot of grief for me to handle as well, as two were my friends ferrets and I felt it was losing a piece of them.
I feel I no longer have the capability to truly give them the best quality of life, my life is going to be changing differently (engagement, job change, baby planning, moving house) i feel like im not giving them everything they need to feel happy and content.
Where I live has a ferret society that works hard with ferret adoptions, affordable vet care and fun events for ferrets (competitions, races etc.) So i know if i surrender my ferrets they will be in good hands.
I just feel guilty for the idea of surrendering them, as only one of the ferrets was mine originally, am i throwing away the tiny parts of my friends away?
I would really still want the ashes of the ferrets when they eventually pass as i still love them with all my heart, i just dont know what to do.
thanks all