I've read past debates on the FML regarding Marshall Farms and their spaying practices. Now I have a statistic to add. One of the 15 St Johns rescue ferrets (Selma, approx 3 years old, chocolate) went for exploratory surgery because of a swollen vulva. Here's what Dr. P found: "Abdominal exploratory revealed stump pyrometria w/right hydroureter, connective/scar tissue adhering bladder to uterus stump. Suspect right ureter in cluded in ligature w/uterine body when ferret was spayed (Marshalls)." In layman's terms, she was full of pus and the wrong part was clamped during the spay. I found Marshall's on the Internet and emailed them this incident. Somehow they need to be held accountable for their actions. I don't mean to set off a whole MF debate for the umpteenth time; I just wanted to share the fact that inept spaying practices are still going on at Marshall Farms. Dee Nilla Hershey, Finnegan, Stone & Wylie Quincy, Miranda & Nibbles [Posted in FML issue 3322]