I just want to tell you all there is a Petco here in Las Vegas that has a great manager and great person Erin running the small animal dept. Erin checks out each kit carefully and any that have problems get turned over to me, they also donate to the shelter and are letting me do adoptions from their store. The latest kit came to me when a lump was noticed on her side, my vet went in and did the surgery and had to remove her right kidney. Why? A botched spay, they tied the urethea so that all the urine was going in the kidney and it was blown up to the size of a golf ball. Her name is Baby Bump and my sister who was afraid of ferrets 9 months ago fell in love with her and will be her foster mom, we don't know yet how well she will do with one kidney, we are going to check the values in 1 week and see how the other kidney is doing, if it is not damaged then she should be ok. The reason I'm telling you this is if you work at a pet store that has kits or looking to buy, CHECK the kits out carefully. Most pet stores can surrender the ferret to a shelter and write it off or get a credit. Keep your fingers crossed for little Baby Bump, she is so sweet and deserves to live a full life, and not dye young because of a mistake by human hands. CJ 24 Carat ferret Rescue And Shelter [Posted in FML issue 3222]