It's snowing , coming down in bucket loads -- you can't see a foot in front of you-- I can see this soon-- Jerimiah and his band a merry ferreters will be dancing snow all over the shelter. I made a mad dash for the grocery store after leaving Cornelius off at vets for surgery-- got every thing I need: microwave popcorn, coffee, chicken thighs to cooks for the fert kids etc. AS long as the power stays on we can weather the storm in good shape! Cornelius-- is hair ball freee-- what the vet found is a mass attached to the duodenum ( sp? ) and are not really sure if it was from the pancreas ( it apparently seemed to be it's own little entity save for some small vessels attached to the area of the duodenum. He looked otherwise healthy, pancreas, liver etc. The mass is a cystic type mass which is being sent out .-- Perhaps this is what caused the defecation problems? We will see. He is alert - and bright and can eat all the hard kibble he wants-- seeing how nothing needed to be removed FROM the tummy! Great news for a boy with an adopted home waiting. Fondly in Ferrets, Alicia for the many faces at Ferret Wise www.ferretwise.org check out our shelter e-bay auctions under seller: creativekolor [Posted in FML issue 3348]