Yes, the article does involve ferrets and their health care: http://massapequa.patch.com/articles/massapequa-pet-vet-holds-a-bash I know that people on LI often wonder who works with ferrets because not many of those vets have gotten listed in ferret veterinarian lists; it also sounds like there are some specialized non-standard services that no longer may require longer trips to obtain. Sometimes I love Google Alerts even though this won't help us ourselves. 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/ http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html all ferret topics: http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html "All hail the procrastinators for they shall rule the world tomorrow." (2010, Steve Crandall) On change for its own sake: "You can go really fast if you just jump off the cliff." (2010, Steve Crandall) [Posted in FML 7085]