Heart stick We were at the ever expensive emergency vets one night. Tiger had not been able to walk on his hind legs for a few days. Everything was set up to spend an evening just holding and comforting him in his final days. But he started screaming. I phoned ahead to apprise the staff of the situation. Instead of an I.V., they did a heart stick only. The first one that had him screaming in pain did not work. So they jammed another one in him. It was horrendous. I drove all that way and paid a small fortune to make his ending comfortable and without fear. And THIS is what I got. Yes. It is still a sickening memory. He trusted me. And this is what I did to him. But I was not given a choice. This was an emergency vet I did not know. And of course, the bill for causing him such pain was over $300. This was years and years ago. I wanted to punch the woman in the face who proclaimed herself to be a vet that could not be bothered to care about a stupid ferret. I felt utterly helpless. Lisette [Posted in FML 6531]