>when there`s nothing more that can be done----- and we grieve when we >lose them...It doesn`t get any easier. It`s comforting to know that >someone out there understands... Yup, there are some of us that understand only too well. My wife and I do ferret rescues also. We lost one of our first ferrets late February to insulinoma. Mindy was a real sweetheart and we miss her a lot. Thursday we took Podo, one of our two Utah ferrets, in for adrenal surgery. He has a cancerous tumour wrapped around his liver and vena cava. All we can do for him is keep him feeling good for the time he has left. Hurt? You bet it does........... Duane With all the people I know, I still prefer the company of ferrets. [Posted in FML issue 4108]