Greetings, FERRETS AND RUGS Just because a lump under the rug is not moving, doesn't mean there is no ferret under there! My ferrets love to snorkel under the rugs and thus the rugs always have lumps in them. Normally I'm more careful, but today my mind was elsewhere. Yup you guessed it, I stood on a lump and there was a ferret under it :(. Fortunately I felt the resistance before I put too much pressure on the ferret and he is OK. Really scared me though. A sharp / scary reminder to be careful! THANK YOUS I provide a lot of eMail support (in a number of forums / topics) and as much as I try not to let it bother me, I do get a bit miffed if I don't get an acknowledgment. Human nature I guess. EUTHANASIA Had to take a ferret in to be euthanised today. What a heart wrenching experience. Almost as heart wrenching as seeing the ferret suffer. I don't handle death very well. And although I only knew Twink a few days, my heart is very heavy. What a decision to have to make, to end a little life (even if it was a unanimous group decision). Hope I never have to do that again. Thanks for letting me get that off my chest. Cheers, -David [Posted in FML issue 3158]