Hi all-- I just wanted to share our sad news that our oldest girl, Chloe, had to be put to sleep this morning. She had been suffering with insulinoma for several months, and recently also developed an adrenal tumor as well. Recently she had been seizuring severely on a daily basis, and today we decided that enough was enough for her (I hate making those decisions though!). Although it's a sad way to begin the new year, I believe she's in a better place without pain. I want to thank everyone for your very helpful replies to my recent post regarding alternative treatments to surgery for Chloe. The most helpful posts to me were those that helped put this all into perspective--that she was an elderly ferret with major health problems, and that we should concentrate on making her life comfortable near the end. It was reassuring to hear that we were doing all we could for her at this point...since there's always that guilt that there's some "magical" treatment just around the corner--when that isn't the case. Thanks again for all of your support!! Sincerely, Jodi Xena & Athena [Posted in FML issue 2917]