Hi all, I rescued a breeder female from a poultry auction today and i need advice. She seems to just have been bred, her teats are still producing milk and she is shedding. her vulva is also enlarged like she just gave birth. Can I get her fixed asap or is she in heat again? she was in bad shape, crammed into a little 1 foot by 10 inch by 6 inch wire box. she has a round lump on her scruff like a cyst - it's soft and squishy and doesn't appear to be sore. I'm not sure what it might be yet, if anyone might know please post or email me. her toenails were so long some had split and her toes were curling under as she stood. She was just one out of 4 unfixed females and a big hob who had a growth on his eye. I got her for 25 dollars and wish i could have bought the rest so i could save them. we left early because we didn't want to see the rest of the animals they had mistreated. *sigh* I got her home and cut the wires on the cage, pulled her out and she is such a sweetie - all bewildered and lost but not mean. I gave her some water and ferretvite and got the nails done. Then I brushed out the feces, pine and loose fur before letting her go back to drinking - she was a hot and thirsty girl. I put her in a large box for the moment so I could get her inside, she still smelled so bad I had to give her a bath. Big mistake lol The first dip in the water was ok - as well as the shampooing - but she didn't like the first rinse and grabbed ahold of my palm and sunk in two of those big ol teeth lol. I finished rinsing her off then reached down to pick her up for the conditioner cycle lol - she grabbed my thumb - she was not happy lol. I finally got a hold of her and put some conditioner on her and reached over to switch hands so I could rub it in - this time she grabbed my ring finger and almost ripped out a pea size chunk. Can you say OUCH! lmfao. I'm a lil bit scared of her now - i need to buy some gloves lol. Poor girl. /\\ ____ ,^-o, ``-,' `-';~~ .',-'~`' `^^ `^^ Night PS: Sorry for double-posting [A later P.S.} I forgot (sorry Bill) to mention - we named her Aika after one of our favorite anime characters that's just as dainty and prissy =) [Posted in FML issue 3410]