Tip: Sign up on Google Alerts for ferret. There is also a Yahoo Alerts but I find that it rarely works. http://www.google.com/alerts Yesterday a news story gotten that way said that the lab results are not back yet, that they are being very careful, also that the kids are with a relative and their parents are not allowed near them, that the baby will be having toes put in place of fingers with the Shriners paying for it, and that the parents have not at this time been taken into custody but the range of things with which they may be charged will be determined after the lab results are completely back. See: <http://www.examiner.net/news/x2106599839/Investigation-continues-in-ferret-attack> Notice the timeline involved in the article. It would be impossible for anything with a tiny mouth (including a ferret) to remove so many fingers so rapidly if the parents were present and not passed out. (Also, I honestly find it hard to imagine many ferret bellies fitting that much volume, and having had ferrets for about 30 years I DO know how they can pig out, but whether this one could or not the timeline in the parental statements makes no sense at all.) I am still wondering if the dog (or maybe even a parent) did it and if the ferret was just investigating afterward. Sukie (not a vet) Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html http://www.miamiferret.org/ http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html all ferret topics: http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html "All hail the procrastinators for they shall rule the world tomorrow." (2010, Steve Crandall) On change for its own sake: "You can go really fast if you just jump off the cliff." (2010, Steve Crandall) [Posted in FML 6973]