i was originally going to write a sunny, happy report on this week. Lady was adopted, we took in 1,300 pounds of free ferret litter (thanks uncle Nigel, auntie Lisa, auntie Carrie and her hubby for your help!), rescued 2 poorly taken care of ferrets and all this made us happy. i am not happy now.... early in the week, Whiskey took ill. she had bad poops and weakness. mommie decided to take her to the vet. Winter decided that he wasn't going to allow Whiskey to go without him so he climbed into the carrier with her and off they all went. Whiskey's blood work was normal however her kidney had grown (you may remember me writing of her a few months ago when we found her kidney was very large) While Winter was at the vets with her, he began to fall over and loose his balance. So the 2 of them stayed over night at the vets. Whiskey came home with no answers to her illness however, Winter came home with a medication that is synthetic bile as his liver wasn't working properly. the kids seemed to be doing better until Friday night. Whiskey began to loose herself, falling over, crying and when mommie picked her up to give her some ferretone, she peed all over mom. mommie took her into her bedroom and cuddled her for a while and Whiskey bit her real hard and began to cry. mommie made the hard decision to help Whiskey cross the Bridge. Whiskey was 7 1/2 years old. she was mommie's little girl. when she came to us, she was a timid little girl who would attack and bite if anyone came near her. it took mommie over a year to get her to stop biting and trust humans, but she was worth every minute. mommie and i are home with her and Winter now, waiting for our vet's office to open so we can take her tiny, lifeless body to be cremated. Whiskey joins her brothers and sisters, Akasha, Isis, Saigon & Salem at the Bridge and is sadly missed by my mom. Harley "Bug" Randy Melanie Belair President The Ferret Aid Society "For The Love of Our Fuzzy Friends" http://www.ferretaid.org Everything is okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end. [Posted in FML issue 3605]