Thank you Wolfy for a very good post. It is always so sad to have a beloved fuzzy pass due to unforeseen problems. I would like to say all of us are human even veterinarians and as such are not perfect. Doctors and veterinarians can and do make mistakes. There is another issue I know of regarding a well respected veterinarian of many years going through similar issues where people have been quick to condemn. Whatever the circumstances the important thing to understand is no respected long term veterinarian does intentional harm. It goes against their creed. Can they make mistakes or bad judgement calls? Of course , as all of us do at times. Unfortunately, sometimes these acts harm our beloved ferrets. Do ferrets die in surgery or because of it? All the time, for many reasons. Some here have been quick to come to Dr Delaney's honor while quickly condemning the other. Why? Because one is well known and one not known as much. Does this automatically mean one is wrong and one is right? No. My heart goes out to those who have lost their fuzzies for any reason but we do so desperately need ferret vets as stated before and we do need to work on keeping a ferret community that supports each other rather than drawing lines in the sand. We are all in this calling (and ferrets are definitely a calling) together. Ferret people are so unique. We so desperately need to stop judging each other and try to understand and embrace our own even though they are different from us personally. Easy to say but difficult to do in so many facets of the ferret community. Nancy Park Ferretown.com FerretownUSA.com [Posted in FML 7156]