I comited and unforgivab act. I let a sick ferret leave the halfway house. I had no idea that he was contagious or was as sick as he turned out to be. I was informed by my vet that it was just a sight respirtory problem. It turned out to worse than was stated. I should have no better and I am so very sorry for both the ferrets and the people it has inflicted. I will be shutting down until further notice when I can learn to trust myself again and to make sure that no other ferret will be affected by my mistakes. I can offer no other excuse except stupidity as I have no one to blame but myself for this problem. Again I offer my sincere appoligies to thise affected by my mistake and can only promise that it will never happen again. All the ferrets here are being treated but none are showing the signs to the extreme that the ferret that left did. Jim Higgins/Widget's Halfway House [Posted in FML issue 2970]