I wrote regarding a friend a few days ago. His name is Ivan Lopez and he has a ferret, Willie, who desperately needs veterinary care. Ivan inherited Willie and a jill from his sister when she died. Ivan is out of work, has spent his savings on Willie a long time ago, and struggles financially so can't take Willie to the vets. A few people emailed me when they read my first post on the FML and things have got moving, Linda Soule has already put money on Willie's account so Willie is booked in for a check-up next Monday early morning. He has insulinoma but there may be more going on as Willie appears to be in pain. We're hoping to schedule some tests, bloods, maybe x-ray, and possibly surgery and at least get Willie on pain medication. Ivan dotes on Willie, if care alone could cure him, Willie would be healthy and live forever. Ivan feeds him a/d every 4 to 6 hours, even through the night, and has done so for the last year. Ivan can't bear the thought of loosing Willie as part of his sister sort of lives on through him so when he dies, it'll be like Ivan's loosing his sister all over again. He doesn't want to put Willie to sleep without at least trying to help him so that is why I wrote to the FML to see if people could help at all so Willie can be helped. The vet where Willie is registered is http://www.southkendall.com/ and people can put money straight on Willie's account. If anybody can donate any money, if you could do it before Monday so Ivan feels more comfortable about having tests done. At the moment we don't know what can be afforded and what route to take. If people want to see Willie, Ivan has sent me photos and videos over the last year and I have put them online: Spring/ summer 2009 http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/ferretlove.uk/Willie# 5th April 2010 http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/ferretlove.uk/WillieVideos05042010# (the # needs to be part of the link, if it isn't, copy and paste the whole link into the browser) I am located in the UK but have to go to Germany Friday so I won't be online Friday as I'm driving all day, and Sunday I probably won't be online much as I'm continuing my travels. But I should be reachable at all other times. I'm thanking everybody in advance for helping, Ivan is very moved by the generosity and I am amazed, too. Ulrike -- http://www.ferretlove.co.uk/ [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML 6681]