Hooray! Sully has been pronounced to be in very good health and blockage-free. I want to thank all of you who emailed me about the urgency of getting her to the vet right away. I understand now that it may well have saved her life had there been a blockage, and certainly took no offense to the strong tones used to convey this message. I convinced a friend to get her to the vet, who said she was in great health. I found him through a variety of phone calls looking for a ferret-specialist and from all reports, he sounds fabulous. He sent my friend home with some literature about geriatric ferrets (although admitting my 4-year-olds are geriatric makes me pout) and seemed to really know his stuff. What's more, there was a "ferret crossing" sign in the office, which seems like a pretty fantastic sign to me. To top it all off, his name is Dr. Gandolfi. (shockingly, my friends and i have stuck to simply "Gandolf"). If anyone's looking for a ferret vet in the Bay Area, email me at [log in to unmask] and I'll give you all his info. Happily reporting lots o' poops in the litterbox, -Renee, Frett (jeez what does a ferret have to do to get attention around here), and Sully (how i love to be fussed over) [Posted in FML issue 3262]