If you have such a good relationship with your vet, you should be able to work out some sort of payment plan; something you are both comfortable with. Have you always paid your vet bills on time? If he sees you as "good for the money", I don't see what the problem is. If he doesn't want to finance it himself, most vets offer some sort of credit plan through an outside company. Now is the time to get your vet to work with you. I assume, from your tagline, that you have multiple ferrets (or other pets), so this is bound to happen again and again. An emergency or impending surgery is stressful enough without the added worry of how you're going to pay for it. [Posted in FML 5664]