Hey , My 3 yr old male Ferris is going under for teeth scaling & removal of a growth on his snout next week----this guy has always been a chewer and a digger. Always going after the fake sheep skin. He also takes his kibble to bed to eat & he is my biggest shedder. I feel like he may possibly have some blocks accumulating. Is there anything I can ask my vet to do in terms of testing since Ferris will be out anyhow, as a precautionary measure? X-ray, ultrasound? I do not know- Ferris coughs a bit too-at shedding time so he gets more hairball stuff then the rest--but I just have this feeling--(like I did about Anthony and sure enough he does have adrenal disease). Ferris sometimes does smaller, skinny darkish, hard stools-which I know sounds ulcery-- sometimes his stools are normal though. What do you all think? Thank you Mary Ann You were once wild here. Don't let them tame you. Isadora Duncan~~ A wound will not heal until the matter is given words and witness Clarissa Pinkola Estes~~ [Posted in FML issue 4147]