Shame on you for calling me stupid just because you had a bad experience with a vet and your dog. There is a simple fix for your ferret that was having a hard time breathing and if the vet wanted to euthanize him, that's ok. As much as I know about ferrets, I won't often put myself in the position to make that decision to euthanize. I let the vets do that. I don't believe in letting as friend suffer either. There are drugs for that. If my friend can be conscious and pain free, let them live. If surgery won't improve their life, I let them go. Since May 2000, I have been on oxygen, with only 2/3 of my heart working and myopathy in my feet and legs so bad from my diabetes I can't walk some days. Without my oxygen, I would really be suffering. Yet each and every day that I wake up and just experience life that most people just take for granted is a wonderful thing for me. Even sitting here writing to someone who thinks I'm stupid is a pleasure you can't imagine. I think now I'll go sit on my front porch and isten to the birds sing and watch the neighborhood cats play, something that a lot of people and animals won't get to do today. Ferretguy [Posted in FML issue 3394]