>//Answer// Yep. Some folks who've been on the ferret "merry-go-round" >for a long time and have had the rotten luck to have paid thousands of >dollars to fatten the pockets of veterinarians (curative surgery >excisions to whack away at cancers) in the mostly hopeless and futile >effort to "cure" their beloved ferret, are at last questioning the "good >sense" of buying a commercial grade ferret. Boy, I'd like to know what vets YOU know. I'm training to become a vet tech and working in a clinic that happens to see ferrets. Vet techs are not paid well at all and in my 31 years of life (much of it spent around vets) I've never met a "filthy rich" vet. Some of the specialist do much better financially than the general practice vets but I think you're confusing human medicine with animal medicine, either that or the area where you live has a very different economic structure than my area. We don't get the big $$ from insurance companies and drug companies the way that many human doctors do. Ferrets are beautiful, medically sensitive creatures and their care be it from the perspective of vet or owner can be challenging and frustrating. Hopefully as we learn more and their needs are better understood by more and more vets across the board their care will not only be better but be more financially affordable. [IA] [Posted in FML issue 3859]