Andi, I'm sorry about Bailey. It is so hard to lose a ferret.....I know what you mean about the "lap" ferret. My Nikki was a lap ferret - and I haven't had one like her since. She developed a mediastinal (chest) tumor that literally surrounded and intertwined her esophagus and trachea - my little baby suffocated to death...she was just 2 yrs old. Mickey, my 1st ferret was 7 when he died of insulinoma......they are the reasons I do what I do. I didn't know anything about ferrets when I had them - they taught me so much....I always wished I could have done better by them. Bailey crossed Rainbow Bridge and is quite happy now.....no more pain, no more seizures, no medications. It's a great place for a little ferret to hang out and wait for that future time when you yourself cross Rainbow Bridge - and you and Bailey will never ever be separted again. Debbie Riccio WNYFLFA [Posted in FML issue 1165]