I have been watching for a while without anything to post but something so bizarr happened to one of my furkids that I just had to post it. Anyone who knows or remembers me I have ferrets who spend a lot of time outside. For seven years since moving back to MA I haven't had any problems. Then this past couple weeks a few things with me phisically hit the fan so ended up in the hospital. when I finaly was up and around wan was able to play with ferrets I noticed that my little girl had what looked like a bite wound on her chest on her. I cleaned her up examined the spot it looked ok decided to watch he the next day. The next day it seemed deeper. It was the weekend. No vet open so I used for panalog and sulfer powder to dry the hole. I took he to the vet on Monday morning and when I arrived the area was still a hole but was still a hard lump like a infection and there was a black spot like a pimple next it. What it turned out to be was something called a cutereba which is something like a bot fly (please forgive the spelling) the vet had never seen one in a ferret. That was the most expensive piece of fish bait that I had ever seen. Just thought I would share this. She is now home with her brothers and doing fine. Also. I lost touch with Jane and Linda who used to run Dook-n-Dance ferret shelter in NC. What happened? Thanks Wendy H. [Posted in FML 7554]