Update. I am going on a little semi hiatus.

Ive been offline the past few days as my ferret had another health scare (her worst uti flare yet)

This time when i took her to the vet, it was so bad that I was told by the vet that they would have euthanized her then and there if she was their ferret.. I was shocked to say the least. They gave me a few minutes to think about it.

Against their wishes I chose not to euthanize her that day as I felt in my body that she still had a chance to recover, but was told that she was likely going to die that night, and that they wouldnt send me home with uneccessary meds.. So id have to come back the next day and prove she was recovering for them to give her the meds i wished for. So I watched her constantly the next 24 hours. almost no sleep..

I can happily say that the vet was very surprised by how much better she was when she came back. She was not super healthy, but far from actively dying like they first thought.

Ive had to shift the plan on how to treat her, to being extremely carefull with her. Keeping her in my livingroom which has nothing she likes to climb on. close to 0 lifting/handling of her. had to quit meds that required lifting (to avoid her getting stressed) keep her on pain meds to calm her down even if shes only in pain during peeing, as these flares seem to have kept coming back due to mild stress from handling (Being made to eat medicine she hates the taste of) , her climbing over things, and her being stressed while peeing from mild pain/ irritation. Luckily her antibiotic was pretty much over, so stopping it wasnt an issue.

So the past few days ive been sleeping on the couch, and just staying with her to watch her. Shes doing well right now, but she is anemic from all of these flares combined, which means that 1 more bad flare within the next week and she will be unable to recover due to anemia.

So I am taking a little ''holiday'' to watch her.

I still have belief that she can recover fully as she has recovered after every flare, had really good days inbetween, but then suddenly flared up again (likely from being too active again, and then re-opening a little rift in her bladder again.)

So yeah. I essentially am protecting her from herself now. 1-2 weeks should suffice. Shes on blood meds now to help her system, and on pain meds to make her sleepy and relaxed. The pain meds do make her far less hungry, together with the anemia, and having lost weight due to the antibiotics cure, but she is drinking, grooming and hiding food. so she has a lot of fight in her, just not that much interest in food yet.. If im able to keep her relaxed until the bladder has fully healed these flares should stop at last... (ferrets are not really known to stay still when awake and feeling good, so everytime she has a good day/ feels better she is in danger of getting worse, as stupid as that sounds.. but ferrets do be ferreting..)

Shes healed so well other than this rift, but the anemia is a real danger now too, so hopefully she will heal better during my hiatus. if not, I will know i tried my best, and made her last days as good as possible.

I will work when I feel its safe, and shes sleeping deeply, but I think ill majority of the time just be keeping an eye on her. Especially for a few more days, then I might be ''loosening a bit more up'' but still on a semi hiatus.