September 99

16.09.99

It's been a quiet month so far but then something bad had to happen instead of something good. The man who adopted the 2 rescue hobs last month brought them back. He said he couldn't toilet train them... That the smell was so bad he couldn't sleep at night. I can't believe it. I let the hobs out of the cage and steer them towards the potty and they go into it and do their business in there. So I don't know why he didn't want them. He did look kind of sad though. I don't know. All I know is that it's more work for me again. I've now advertised all the rescues in our Freeads paper again and said that I can "deliver" them. I'll also try and advertise them in local papers. It's so hard re-homing the 5. Luckily I could put the 2 hobs back in with their 3 sisters and they got on immediately. But over the summer there were sooo many kits so who wants to adopt a ferret when they can have kits? I hope that some people will want ferrets now, now that the kits have all gone.

In case why some people wonder why I find it hard having 5 rescues. I suffer from depression and have been feeling bad for more than a month now. I feel very tired and exhausted and don't know how to cope with all the work. It's hard at times and being all on my own doesn't help. Plus I'll get my boarders Vicky and Tricky back tomorrow for another 4 months... Most people would easily cope with the ferrets, I know there are ferret shelters with 50, 100 or more ferrets. But unfortunately I'm not like most people.