Thank you everyone for your responses in helping me find a vet to help Nickel out. I had scheduled surgery with a local vet but would've had to wait till next Thursday. In the meantime one of Nickel's cagemates, Cooper J, developed his second UTI blockage just after getting of antibiotics! I rushed him to my vet where he stayed for a day and a half to make sure he remained unblocked. I just picked him up wednesday. It has been very stressful for all of us here. My vet wanted an ultrasound done on Cooper J before anything else was to be done (surgery, etc), which I had scheduled for today (friday). I've been frantic worrying about either one of these blocking again, never mind watching them in separate cages making sure they urinate all the time. I got hold of a very experienced vet in Boston who was totally booked till April sometime and after hearing what was happening, she put in an extra surgery day just for these 2 guys !!!! THAT IS DEVOTION and TRUE CARING! I am totally thankful and in shock this was done for them! Please say a prayer for them. They will be going in on Monday night, having surgery Tuesday morning. I guess it is a good thing my stepdaughter left. Had she not left, these ferrets, may have died from blockages that she would not have caught on to! There are reasons for everything! THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR HELP! FML FRIENDS are the BESTEST!!! (nice word huh :-) ) [Posted in FML issue 4094]