To Krystal and Weehawk: >Now here is my question for the vets and for the breeders out there, if >that wasn't all of the testicular matter, can I leave him partially whole? >Will his interest in my fixed female lessen once spring is over? Krystal - I'll keep an eye out for Weehawk's tissues. In answer to your questions: you don't want to leave him partially intact if at all possible. Testicular tissue, if retained in the abdomen or outside of its natural home in the scrotal sac, has a particularly nasty habit of becoming cancerous. One of my ferrets, Bob, was a cryptorchid when we got him. When we went in to take out the testicle, we found several large tumors in it. Lucking, testicular tumors only rarely become malignant, so he is none the worse for wear because we recognized the signs of his cryptorchidism early (smelling like an intact male, greasy coat, etc.) He never really bothered the females much. It's tough to say whether Weehawks interest in the opposite sex will lessen after the spring - every individual is different. Some males have far more libido than others. Bruce Williams [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 1208]