My "Pepper" Ferret

16th Sept 2010

Today was a very very hot day, the weather at night made my air-cond look so "weak" as if it can't beat the heat. If me as a human could hardly tolerate this heat, it must be extremely difficult for my Pepper as well.
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Pepper is a ferret, she's very cute, the fur made her look like a panda, blacky fur on her hand, leg and around the neck. Ferret usually stays in cool weather, unfortunately for me, I live in a tropical country, and the weather is getting worst and worst because of the globalization.
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I went out to check at Pepper, she was sleeping like a human, face, hand, and leg were facing up, haha. As soon as she woke up, she rushed to the water bottle and drank lots lots of water, half bottle of water was gone, I was surprise, and there i thought "She is very healthy if she drinks this much water everyday". Things started to feel weird after i being her back from the usual "play ground" which is actually the backyard of the house, it's open air. I always prepare a big bowl of water for her to dive in, just in case she needs to drink water, of she feel like playing in it. .
At first, she is scared of water, but as soon as she finds out that the bowl wasn't that deep, slowly she put herself in it, like having a Spa or Jacuzzi. But today, she does't seems to be going in, i notice she's panting really hard and drooling ver frequently, immediately it came to my mind, something is not right, my ferret don't normally behave like this. So again, I went to to kitchen, and came back with some cold water, she likes it, and dive in it.
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Night comes, the weather is still hot, something is very very wrong with the weather, it made the temperature rise, it's bad for my pet, i know it. Again, i checked on her at night, she was motionless, lifeless, i started to panic, wondering what's wrong with my ferret. I checked online, found out that ferrets doesn't sweat, which is the main reason why they can't tolerate heat, i refill the bottle with ice water, cover a bunch of ice with her favorite towel, and put her on top of it. After an hour of observing, she's finally getting lively to normal, the ferret who loves to chase around for treat my mom and me gave. Now i'm going to rest, Pepper, i'm sorry for everything i put u through, i love you, so please don't leave me.