See message below. I have emailed this woman referring her to Midwest Bird and Exotic Animal Hospital (to see if they could do somthing for her on payment plan - they did this for me when my Loki had adrenal surgery there) and to the GCFA shelter (though I did tell her they are seriously overcrowded). I also directed her to ferretcentral.org for information. I would take this ferret in a heartbeat but I have 12 already and as I posted yesterday I will be picking up the two newest rescues next weekend. At this time I cannot take in a known-to-be-sick ferret. It just woldn't be fair to my current crew who need my love, time, and attention. I am seriously concerned for this little guy. I found the post here (looks like she posted last week also): http://www.altpet.net/adoptlink1.shtml Here is the post: Date: Thu Sep 19 15:13:28 PDT 2002 Name: elizabeth smith Home: machesney park illinois USA Email Address: [log in to unmask] URL: None Animals: I have a 5 year old ferret who needs medical attention asap!! I just got them and I was told that they were in good health, but recently I took Ernie to the vet because he hasn't been eating and he gets sick every time he gets a drink of water, and I found out that he has a tumor of the adrenal glands and the surgery is very costly and I can not afford it at the present time and the vet said if he doesn't get the surgery, he will get worse and then die. I refuse to watch him die, Please help me find some safe place for my little buddy. Thank you, Ms. Elizabeth Smith ===== In the best of times, I hold in my mind the need to care for things beyond the self: poetry, humanity, grace. In other times, when it seems difficult merely to survive and be happy about it, the condition of my thought tastes as simple as this: let me be a good animal today. -Barbara Kingsolver, "High Tide in Tuscon" ~*~*~ http://foxfoot.tripod.com/ [Posted in FML issue 3912]