03/23/2019
I apologize for not writing for so long, much has happened within the last year. This isn’t an easy post, but I feel the need to reach out to my Ferret lovers to let you all know that our precious Oonagh passed away sometime last night. I adopted her when she was just 1 1/2-2 years old. She lived to be 7 1/2-8 years old. I adopted her from Petco in 2013 when I saw this tiny ferret whom was all alone watching me from her habitat. I just had to hold her. It was then she would not let me go and I decided to take her home with me. Since Petco said that she was brought in by someone who rescued her from a construction site, her age was unknown. The vet I took her to estimated her age to be in the range of 1 1/2-2 years old. As Oonagh and I got to know one another, I discovered that she was quite inquisitive and relentless. She was my little Houdini. It was cute the way she would make that playful noise they make while she did her war dance. Oonagh got her name from the fairy in the movie, Legend with Mia Sara and Tom Cruise. She had her little crushes, and she even had a little crush on my husband, Geoff upon their first meeting. She grew to be close to me, my daughter Natalie, and my husband, though she loved my daughter Hailey and my son Jonathan. Oonagh is and was part of our family and she was our furry baby.
Oonagh looked after her much younger adopted cage mate brothers as if they were her blood siblings (she was 3 yrs and they were 2 yrs). She also looked after them when they weren’t feeling well. She lived a very long and happy life and we will miss her terribly.
RIP little Miss Oonagh. May you cross the Rainbow Bridge and be happily reunited with those you missed and outlived. May we meet again when it’s time. We all love you and we will miss you. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 🌈✨
Oonagh is the cinnamon colored ferret in these photos. Her two cate mates are Drake (deceased in 2016), Rudy and Scooter who she survived by. They have yet to learn of her passing. As soon as I find the strength today to tell them, my husband and I will allow them to see her and say their last goodbyes to her in their own ferret way. She was a little sprite, but also a loving caretaker.