I have seen the mention of staples the last couple of days and wanted to express my opinion on it. Buster had a biopsy done behind his rear leg and I had fits with those staples. Two days later, I had to have them reapplied, then two more days later, they were replaced with the wire stiches. I am *not* fond of either one. In trying to use fewer staples, they tear at the skin more, and are likely to snag if they work their self around. I also had a ferret with emergency coozie removal. The doc used the surgical thread, left virtually no scar and healed *very* quickly. (Now these are two different places on the body and I never had a problem with the fuzzies picking at their wounds. I was very curious, though, as to what the medical staff thought? Now I can insert my thanks to Dr. Williams (what a name) for his efforts. Now he can read through all of the FML every day <g>. (BIG, sorry, but I thanked you last month :) Quick story, because of the kitchen ferret-proofing stories: Bug used to love to get under the electric oven which had one of those pan draws underneath. Like any door, she could fling it open in a hearbeat. She watched me stick a 6" piece of duct tape on the edge, and give one quick try at opening up the drawer, got ticked, reached up and bit a corner of the tape and yanked it off. It looked like such an intelligent reaction that I was ROFL. Well, I just had to stick about a 4 foot piece up there, and she didn't even try to open up the drawer, just grabbed a corner and started with her continual yanking until she removed the tape, opened to drawer, ran under and danced (bumping her head on the drawer I might add). [Posted in FML issue 1242]