It seems that when it rains, it pours. Molly threw up yesterday, and we brought her to the Towne and Country Animal Center in Brighton. She also turned out to have diarrhoea (sic). The vet said it was either a gastrointestinal problem (infection maybe) or an intestinal blockage --- she took two x-rays, but they weren't too conclusive, and she said that she might have to do a barium test to coat Molly's insides to see if there's something blocking things. Today we're bringing her in to our regular vet, Dr. Vicki Daldin, where they said she might have to be hospitalised. Another trouble is that our fourth ferret, Wookie, isn't getting along with the other three --- he's very big, and he seems to relish pinning them down by biting their throat and holding them down/dragging them around. It's really rather strange because he gets along with people really well; looks ferocious when you fight-play with him, baring all his impressive teeth, but he never bites. For the vets on FML, please give us a little advice on what we should do with Molly: She's been listless, sleeps a lot, threw up what looked like chewed up half digested kibbles (no blood), her diarrhoea is a yellow liquid with bits of what looked like digested kibbles in it (again no blood). Her lower abdomen is slightly swollen. There's no question that Molly's vet bills are going to be enormous, especially if they have to do surgery. My husband and I talked for several hours this morning and decided that we'd have to give up one of the ferrets. We simply don't have the money to spend if more than one of them gets sick (and we also have to pay for Molly's bills), and there seems to be a greater chance of that happening with four. So we're putting up our newest fuzzy for sale. It's the most logical choice, since we haven't gotten as attached to him as we have the others, and he also seems to belong either in a one-ferret-home or a home with a ferret close to his size (that is, around 5 pounds). Here's the information: Wookie: 5-pound, 7 month old male black silver mitt. Neutered and descented, distempered but not rabies vaccinated. He has a golden-apricoty tone to his undercoat, and his guard hairs are silver and black. His chubby white face and wide stubby feet make him look almost like a teddy bear. He is very sweet with people, but (like most ferrets) likes to bite toes, and is very meek when scruffed/scolded for doing something wrong, and looks at you with a woebegone, "Why me?" expression. He dooks a lot --- 90% of the time he is out of the cage you can hear him chuckling as he chases the other ferrets or wardances around. He also tends to get stuck in small places when he is playing with the other ferrets, but usually manages to squeeze out slowly. We'd like to sell him for what we paid: $150. If you are interested in purchasing a ferret (or know someone who is), please email me. We live in the Ann Arbor, MI area. Anna and Martin G.-R. P.S. - Please don't send us email saying that we shouldn't sell one of our fuzzies, etc., find another way. We would if we could, but we can't. [Posted in FML issue 1514]