Danielle wrote about her recent experience with euthanasia and touched on a point Ferretguy overlooked: ending our ferrets' *needless* suffering. Ferretguy wrote about doing all that is necessary to give our guys: >just one more day of life through, chemo, surgery, and/or whatever it >takes to see one more day of life. At what point is this selfish, needlessly putting our loved furkids through unnecessary pain? Yes, I agree that pain is a sense, just as pleasure is. However, is it really in our fuzzies' best interests to put them through unwarranted suffering? I recently helped two of my furkids across the bridge. Frisky was in end-stage renal failure and would not even permit me to force-feed duck soup. Five weeks later, her mate, Shnookums, went into seizures that were accompanied by an unimaginable groaning, from what we believe were caused by his lymphoma. With both of my guys, I did not ask "did it end too soon?" but rather "Did I wait too long?" Did I put them through needless suffering? Both Frisky and Shnookums went downhill within a matter of two days, and with both of them I wonder what quality of life they led during their final day. Certainly, I fail to see the point in euthanizing an animal that has any chance for a *quality* life (by which I mean one with minimal pain and distress), when chemo and/or surgery are options. However, I feel that to willingly make an animal suffer "for just one more day of life" is to fail to acknowledge the gifts of companionship and love they have given us. Megan Missing Frisky and Shnookums [Posted in FML issue 3393]