Roary, that was a beautiful post and so right! Yes, about a year extra with treatment for a ferret with cardiomyopathy is actually better than most with that illness do. Also, I think it is easy to become extra attached on both sides of the equation during that illness compared to some other illnesses --no matter how deep the relationship was before -- because of the level of care needed; it certainly is what has happened to us with some illnesses that required very extreme levels of home nursing. Sukie (not a vet) Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html [Posted in FML 6081]