Just a quick update.(some of you has already seen this post) I now have the little guy with me. His name was Noir. We have renamed him Noah. He is a bundle of joy. I'm amazed that Lily (volunteer for transport) passed him over to me! His leg is broke.. he doesn't use it. just kinda hops around.dragging it. it is his front right. It is swollen too. He had his vet appointment yesterday morning. The little bugger has spunk.. He wants to get out and play. What was really bad was when I went home at 3 to go with Shawn to pick him up Monday, I saw Chompie (9 year old shelter boy). his eye had started to bleed. Now you see. Chompie has a brain tumor and it was pushing his right eye out. His eye was completely covered (hard to explain). We knew it was only a matter of time. but he has been eating and running and even playing some. He had a good quality of life. But with his eye bleeding. there was no choice. and we knew it. I went to pick up Noah, and Shawn took Chompie to the vet. The vet determined that the tumor had grown and was also now pushing on his other eye. Shawn helped him cross. This is the first time we had to help a ferret cross when he wasn't ready but his body was. not easy. So. the vet visit yesterday.. The vet did the x-ray on his right front leg. It is broke/dislocated. It is the radius. and dislocated at the elbow joint. Here is the problem. Because of where it broke, it can't be put back in. Our vet even checked with an orthopedic surgeon. He agreed. So right now we are going to watch him with his leg for about a week and then evaluate again. The vet feels that the best thing to do might be to amputate and I tend to agree. If he continues to drag the leg around there could be other problems that he has to deal with once he is older and I worry about him going through surgery. We want to do what is going to be best for him now and in the future. Right now he is not in pain. I sure don't know how. but he's not. Or at least not showing it at all. He is only 15 weeks old. The vet said that it appears that the bone was broke by a fall. Which I can understand. These kits are so wild and ready to go as babies.. Even if the previous owner had done the x-ray, they wouldn't have been able to do anything (vet informed me of this). From what I can tell, she got him April 19 and he broke his leg April 23rd and went to the vet April 24th. So, what happens now? Well we will watch him for a week and let him have normal exercise. Then he will go back to the vet for evaluation and possible surgery. The amputation will be around $600.00. We will continue to raise funds for his surgery. Let me tell you a little bit about this boy. he is wonderful! Great personality. really! He is just happy go lucky. loves to play and LOVES his snake. He takes his toys and puts them in his food bowl and plays with them. Doesn't bite hard and just loves everything. He is a dark sable. and boy oh boy he steals your heart quickly. I have some pictures if anyone wants to see him right away. I can't find my digital camera so they are not the best quality. Last night he was able to meet some of our permanent kids that are free roam. My goodness.. the boy can jump! He LOVES other ferrets. dooking and playing and having a good time. He was so tired from playing (but he did wear everyone else out first) that when I put him up in his cage he went right in the sleep sack that Tamatha had sent and fell fast asleep. but I never once saw any pain on him.. And from what the vet said there shouldn't be. Thank you to everyone who has helped so far. you all are awesome. with donations, prayers and with posting to other groups. thank you. I will be putting a page up on our shelters website soon so that people can keep track of him. I will be doing a post later about Chompies death. right now I just can't say much more than I have already. But I will say this. he passed away on the same day that a close friends daughter passed away 2 years prior.. She was only 8 months old. so two angels are looking over their loved ones and I know they have made friends even without ever meeting.. Hugs, Joanne Ruffner Ferret Corner Shelter [Posted in FML issue 5239]