08/12/2024
December 11th, 2019. This is the day I really decided I wanted to rescue a ferret. I talked to the rescue via messenger. Not really sure if it was Lorri or Marta on that initial contact, but I would later talk to Lorri on the phone to go through the adoption process.
I didn't know much of anything about ferrets at that time. Google told me stuff, but we know how accurate that can be. I had the Ferret Nation cage, researched the food, etc. Lorri liked to joke with me that she almost didn't adopt to me because I had water bottles instead of water bowls! I just wanted one additional ferret to be friends with the ones that I had recently purchased from the pet store. Lorri told me she had a pair and a trio. I chose the pair because I thought, OMG, that's going to be enough! Or too many! So I welcomed Dexter Morgan and Nibbles to my home.
Little did I know I would end up with the trio as well a month later! I was happy in my family of five ferrets when Lorri called me in tears. The trio I had opted not to adopt had been adopted out right after I declined them. But now, they were being returned to the rescue. Lorri was so upset because these three had been through so much neglect and abuse and change. So sweet Milo, Jezebel and Opal came to live with me. And that began my journey of rescuing ferrets and of being part of Nyota's. There's been a lot of laughter, tears and anger over the years. Through it all, Lorri held us all together.
Lorri was there when I lost Milo unexpectedly at the vet due to a spelenic bleed. She was there when I had to help Jezebel gain her wings . She was there when I found Nibbles lifeless in her cage an hour before her vet appointment. The day I lost Opal, I cried so hard because Lorri was not there anymore. My first instinct was to call her and then I remembered that I couldn't. My only solace was knowing she was there greeting Opal on the other side. I watch Dexter Morgan as he ages. He's the only one left of the original five. It hurts my heart that when he's gone, he'll be the last of mine that Lorri personally rescued.
As I sit here, one year since she was taken from us so unexpectedly, I know that no one can ever replace her. She was one of a kind. My only solace is that I know when I lose one of these precious babies, she's right up there taking them in her loving arms, the same she did here on this Earth.
I miss you my friend. And I love you, Lorri Grecco
~Melanie
