Has anyone else experienced a sort of strange feeling before a pet died. I mentioned in my post of 28 Feb that Amanda felt different the day before she died. She seemed in good health but she went to sleep and didn't wake up:-( Badger, one of my polecat hobs, had surgery yesterday to clean out what I and vet thought was an abscess, it turned out to be a cyst which was successfully removed. Badger is now sporting a bald patch, a 1.5 inch wound with 5 stitches on his left hip, now I've had a closer look at the operation site it looks as if it could 5 stitches through twice. It doesn't seem to be bothering him at all. He's just had his antibiotic (synulox) crushed up in some Z-Megamore. -- Sheila Bolton Ferret Welfare. Author of "All about your Ferret" - Ringpress ISBN 1-86054-171-2 (UK) Barron's ISBN 0-7641-1189-2 (USA & Canada) Web Site: www.btinternet.com/~sheila/ferrets.htm last update 27 Feb 2000 Waiting at Rainbow Bridge: Jill, Deanna Troy, Cameron, Carnath, Button, Bill, Bobby, Jasper, Inga, Holly, Fergle & Amanda [Posted in FML issue 2977]