Well its time for an update on Mikey. As some of you may remember Mikey was in need of Adrenal surgery and my oldest son was terrified of it. Well in the week befor the surgery Mikey lost close to a pound wich was almost half his weight. We drove to Minisota for the surgery becuse we were told of a wonderful vet there there that did alot of these types of surgery. Someone we had met through this list made all the arangements and had even set it up so Josh and I could be in the operating room with Mikey during the surgery. This turned out not to be such a great idea as my 16 yr old 5'10" 180lb son fainted and was caught by my friend April. he he We will never let him live that down she now calls him a packer linebacker!. Mikey is doing wonderful now, he is just a little peeved that I wont let him out to play with his friends but I am trying to make it up to him with tons of cuddles and treats. He is LOVING the duck soup and he is eating ALOT of it and eating dry food in his cage in between his every 3-4 hour feedings. I too have a kit that I purchased from petco when it was 5 1/2 weeks old. When I got it home he was having trouble eating and doing alot of sneezing with a runny nose and watery eyes. My husband went to petco to discuss it with the manager he asked what we were using for bedding and my husband told him we used baby blankets and homemade sleeping bags made from fleece but the baby sleeps in a hammock. The Manager told my husband that the baby was probably allergic to our detergent and get this ((to use pine or ceder bedding)) Several weeks ago when my son went to petco to purchase a plecostamus fish (sp) my son was asked what type and size of a tank we had, he told them it was 29 gallons (this was a 2 inch fish he wanted to buy)) They told him his tank wasnt big enough to accomodate this fish becouse it would continue to grow..... one week later my son went back ALONE... Purchased this 5 1/2 week old kit and not so much as a do you know anything about ferrets was said. Is there something wrong with this picture!! Again thanks to everyone with all the kind words for Joshua and prayers for Mikey I know they helped. Tanya Williams [Posted in FML issue 3015]