It's me again, Lisa. I happened upon your venting about poor gene pool/early spay neuter and lo and behold it was Lisa from Mass. I'm Liz from Mass and you hit it girl! I have 5 fuzzmuffins and right now one is under the weather. I have been reading everything about health issues and came back to the same conclusion. One of my fuzzies is deaf. Sweet as pie. That's that gene pool. I was really wondering about the early spay issue in reviewing the many problems with adrenal disease. Going thru the "change" myself I see the delicate balance of hormones and the endocrine system. I certainly want to support responsible pethood with spaying/neutering, but when is it reasonable? Just one piece of the puzzle to think about. Liz [Posted in FML issue 4452]