Hi there: We live in Calgary, Alberta and are looking for someone in the area who might be able to help. We adopted a 2 1/2 year old female silvermitt about two weeks ago. She is a real little cutie but she has trouble getting along with our other ferret, Scout, another female. My husband and I were at the point where we decided that we had to either take her back to the humane society or accept the fact that we couldn't keep our ferrets together. Meanwhile, we were having the Silvermitt treated for ear mites and took her in to the vet today for her second shot. I thought she was losing weight and asked them to check. Sure enough she has lost 25% of her body weight in the last two weeks. Not good. We are pretty sure she has eaten somthing she shouldn't have i.e. rubber, which she likes. She is at the vet tonight and tomorow will have an X-ray to confirm what is wrong. The thing is that we are unable to keep her with our other ferret and just don't have the time to deal with ferrets on shifts. We are also unable to pay the approximately $250 to have her operated on. Is there anyone out there who is willing to adopt a sweet little silvermitt, who seems to get along fine with males by the way, but probably is going to need that surgery. I wanted to get this message out there as soon as possible because I am sure you understand the immediacy of this situation. We will either have to have her put to sleep or send her to the SPCA where she will probably also be put to sleep. I don't know that anyone would adopt her knowing how sick she is. If you can help please E-mail me ASAP. We only have a day or two to decide what to do. Thanks to anyone who can help! Tracy [Posted in FML issue 1540]