Donnola's story

[Tressie]

In this month's issue of Ferret Magazine:

www.smallanimalchannel.com/ferrets-magazine/your-ferret-stories/a-biting-ferret-is-saved-from-deaths-door-0909.aspx

Tressie

[Johnny and Demon]

"I became even more frightened and bit as hard as I could, screaming at her to hear me." This part makes me so sad for Donnola. I'm glad she found you Tressie; she found a great gome and the best mother ever ! The Donnola's story is so beautiful ! When you give plenty of your time and love to an animal, you get the best of it ! They started to trust you and soon love you forever .. its so special ! I can't believe everybody wanted to kill Donnola just because she was deaf. Poor baby I can't believe they did not understand that she was deaf ? I think most people like ferrets but still don't know much about them .. to my sadness Your story was beautiful Tressie ! I'm so happy for Donnola Oh ! and she is SO cute ! ;D

[mindy]

i am so happy that you are able to tell lots more people Donnola's story it is really nice to know that with love and kindness and patience even the worst biter is able to trust again.

[Johnny and Demon]

I blame Pet stores a little for what happened to Donnola. I've checked two white ferrets at the Moncton Pets Unlimited a month ago, and I knew the male was deaf. I told the lady that was working in the small animal section and she told me : "I don't think so". I told her that deafness is very common in ferrets and this male was deaf. I've seen in her eyes she was not really listen to me and did not care ! She told me : "well most ferrets do bite ..". She did not want to hear me. This make me very sad .. with the "Caution, Ferrets may bite" sign and the poor knowledge of pet stores employees, it gives a very bad reputation to the poor ferrets. Sometimes I walk my ferrets and people ask me : "do they bite" I reply "no" but they are obstinate to say : "Oh yes ! Trust me !". This is insane ! I hope many people will read the Donnola's story, its so beautiful ! Maybe people will understand something ..

[airy]

What a beautiful yet sad story, It made me tear up..Thank god you found her Tressie, It makes me really sad about the direction she was heading in..I also think about my loki who was also a biter before i got him..what if he would of ended up somewhere bad because someone couldn't deal?? I am so glad you found Donolla, Its clear to see that you are the best ferret mom for her and you are both very lucky to have found eachother..it is almost like it is was meant to be. And she is very beautiful by the way.

Annik, what you say about PU surprises me none, after all these are people who cannot even recognize whether a ferret is male or female..Once I was there and I was inquiring about ferrets(Before I had one), I asked what they ate and they told me cat food!!! WTF??? Ferrets can eat cat food but only a few certain kinds..I hate when people talk out of their ass and give information based purely on their own speculation because they cannot take the time to do a little research.