I don't know what is with the ferret community, a lot of them don't know how to read or something. Now I understand them ragging on someone who deserves it, but it was clear from your post that you did EVERYTHING you could to try to get your baby vet care. We are not all lucky enough to have a compassionate vet available to us. We are not all lucky enough to have an emergency vet that will even let a ferret through the door (we have one here that *sees* ferrets... but knows exactly two ferret diseases, adrenal and insulinoma, and cannot diagnose either, so we wait for the regular vet unless it is a true emergency). As far as a necropsy - a necropsy is an option that you and only YOU have the right to make for your pet. Whether anybody else agrees with you or not. I'm sorry that you don't have vets that care, or a vet that will even see ferrets after hours. I think that is just horrible. I don't think vets that are like that should even be allowed to practice. That is just disgusting. Most of all, I am sorry for your loss of Simon. It is so hard when we lose these little angels (yes they are angels, even though they get into so much trouble). [Posted in FML 5850]