Schnapps writes >Start sending BIG emails now telling him to take 12/31 & 1/1 off. We can do OUR part by not sending any posts those days! If you have an urgent medical question, I recommend joining and posting to the Ferret Health List. Several moderator share duties there, and several vets respond to questions. http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/ferrethealth If you want to reply to an FMLer's questions in the next day or two, you can respond directly to them and wait a couple days to send it to the FML for the rest of us to read! It's up to US to give BIG a break! :-) Linda Iroff Oberlin OH [Posted in FML issue 4011]