Folks, we had a terrible thing happen to us back in September. Luna, our 10 month old baby girl began acting lethargic so we took her to our local vet immediately. They said she had an enlarged spleen and couldn't find anything else. They gave her an injection of antibiotics and sent her home. The next day she wasn't doing any better so took her to another vet who gave her fluids and put her on baytril. She also did bloodwork and suspected a bacterial infection. I was feeding her soup every 2 hrs and stayed up with her all night doing this. The vet called a couple of days later and said that her bloodwork was alarming and that I should get her to a specialist. I took her to the only vet I had ever heard was a "specialist". He did no bloodwork and said that the original bloodwork was "no good". He diagnosed an enlarged spleen and insisted that it should come out. He only did a physical exam, no other tests. I left her there thinking this man knew what he was doing. He called the next day (didn't do the surgery for 24 hrs.) and said that she could come home that afternoon. What I saw when I picked her up was the most scary thing I have ever seen. She cold not move her back end and was soooooo weak. He told me to feed her 5 cc's every hr. of clinicure, and to get some sleep, that it wasn't necessary for me to sty up with her. I stayed up with her any way. The next morning I called him to say that she wasn't doing good at all and he stated that I was probably overreacting and that she was weak from the surgery. I took her to my vet who gave her fluids and dextrose and called him to say that I was on my way back. When I got there (2 hr trip) he insisted that she probably had an infection and put her in ICU. He told me that I could probably come and get her in a couple of days----I did----IN A CARDBOARD BOX. When asked what happened this man told us that we had a "very sick ferret and that if we didn't want this to happen to the rest of them we would bring them to him for regular cancer screenings". the bill was $830+. We consulted with several specialists after this and believe that this man knew nothing about what he was doing. I looked for help in the way of calling Troy Lynn Eckart and she referred us to a wonderful veterinarian in Topeka, Ks. Our "kids" now see him on a regular basis and we fully trust him. Please, Please, do your homework before it's too late!!!!! Don't make the mistake that we did. Luna's bloodwork showed a very low glucose level and very high insulin level. Her pacl cell volume was in the high 40's and the vet insisted that this was very low and that she must be bleeding internally. Her histopath (if it was in fact hers) came back showing lymphoma. My husband and I (especially me) will never forgive ourselves for taking her to him for we believe that she might have survived if taken elsewhere. She was the light of my life and went everywhere with me. We have adopted two others which Troy Lynn set up for us who are delightful babies but there will always be a void in my life. Luna passed to the bri dge on September 22, 2001. She was also known as the Q-Tip Queen as she like to sleep in the Q-Tip drawer. She is very missed. Angie George Humboldt, Ks. [Posted in FML issue 3658]