Nyssa: A Few Good Days, A Lot of Bad Ones

Monday night was Nyssa's best night in a while. She stayed awake and played and explored for maybe 45 minutes. Sadly most of the other days haven't been so good. Going to the litter pan is mostly always painful for her now and she's incontinent more than not. Her activity level is pretty low most of the time. She still eats well and gets all excited when I say "gravy" and then make some for her.

My fear with Nyssa is that I am rapidly approaching if not at the point where I am no longer extending her life but rather prolonging her death. All of my other ferrets who have died have sent me clear signals that they were done. Nyssa hasn't. She isn't giving up yet. How can I?

I'm suffering from insomnia tonight so I've checked on Nyssa a couple of times. I found the ferrets in two groups of two: Ella and Chin Soon were curled up in the hammock at the top of the cage. Nyssa and Zephyr were cuddled together in bedding at the bottom. This really shows how much things have changed between Zephyr and Nyssa in the last year. I think that's a good thing for both of them.


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