Hello ferret friends! I was sad to see so many ferret angels this week. Kim, Granny Dooker's story was so amazing! Tough sweet old granny, you took a piece of my heart. I'm so glad you were able to give her the extra special love she needed. We gave our kids a bath tonight and after they romped in the towels and did the spin dry routine I hugged them extra tight. We discovered a small hard lump on Pippin's back 2 days ago). He was just vaccinated on Aug. 17th and the vet said it could be nothing if it was from the shot but I said I wanted to bring him in anyway. Ever since Merry getting diagnosed with Lymphoma I've been worried and checking them more often (trying not to be a stoolgazer...YUCK!) So today Pippin had a check up and the vet thinks it's formed there where he got the shot and told me to monitor it and it should go away in a couple weeks. I was at work and my boyfriend took him so I didn't get to ask a hundred questions. Anyone else have this happen after shots? (Cross posted to the FHL) Thank you Sukie for the informative FHL description & rules. You do so much on the FHL answering so many requests for help and researching information. I was able to post my questions on FHL about Merry's Lymphoma and received great responses from vets and corresponded with other ferret owners that had dealt with Lymphoma. It was a life saver!!! Thank you so much Tansy, Mary B., Ellen & so many others for all your help. Merry's treatment has gone so well and she's doing great! Todd had a great point here: to prepare the intended bite-site by licking it several times, first. I think *they* think that their tongues have tenderizer on them or something. Pippin does this exactly. He gets the spot nice and soft and after "tenderizing it" CHOMP! He used to do it to my boyfriend all the time. At first it wouldn't be hard but then he would grab hold and gnaw on him like a cheweasel! Pippin isn't mean and would never bite if you picked him up or while you hold him (he's more of a sneak attack, up the pant leg and bite you on the back of the knee where the skin's nice and soft!!!) It's more like a little imp inside him and he just can't help himself sometimes. Right afterward he looks at me as if to say, the Devil made me do it! We've used the scruff move and firm NO with eye contact each time he bites us and he knows it's not allowed. We just understand him and try to antipate his moves. Trish ~ Merry, Pippin (I've got an itch to scrath...there's mom's ankle) & Zira [Posted in FML issue 3897]