Roger wrote: >On the California issue... the problem isn't that kind words don't work; >it's that WORDS don't work. EXACTLY! --- I wrote in relation to surgeries: >Most are surgical candidates, but it always pays to do pre-surgical >testing in case some surprises show up which would make surgery too >dangerous. We've been there maybe twice and the money invested in >pre-op testing such as a CBC with Chemistry Panel or a heart check >were well spent. Clarification: the two times were individuals who LOOKED like they would be good surgical candidates but pre-op testing found serious hidden problems which could have made surgery too dangerous to do. We've certainly done pre-op testing on a number of ferrets in the last two decades... Those two made every time doing it worth while. [Posted in FML issue 4401]