Chris, anonymous please. This is for Katie Fritz, whose little one may have lymphosarcoma. I hope things turn out well for Bandit, because lymphosarcoma is one of the leading causes of death in our little guys. [For sure. We lost one. And I believe that there's been at least 4 others in the ferret mailing list crowd] I know the heartbreak of having a sick carpet shark well -- we just had to put down our friend, Rupert. He was old as far as ferrets go, almost 7 years. We think his kidneys were failing. Back in January, we had a cyst removed from his tail, and he just never recovered from that. Back last fall, we had has huge spleen removed, which we think gave him the extra half-year or so, but I think the lack of the spleen put extra stress on those kidneys. We miss him terribly but know he had a happy, long life with us. You can reach Fara Shimbo, the editor of the Weasel Help Monthly, at the Information Office of the Ferret Unity & Registration Organiz ation, PO Box 11216, Boulder, Colo., 80301. Her Compuserve number is 70260,231. She is a real advocate of ferrets and knows all about them. Rupert and Mitts' Dad [Posted in FML issue 0229]