hiya.. a zillion thanx to those who wrote me re: periscope's illness. i'm sorry i didn't get a chance to respond to each of you personally but you know how it is with a sick fuzzy!! i gave her some Duck soup as i had the ingrediants on-hand but didnt get my emails in time to get some of the ingrediants for some of the other recipes (like timmy or stan's, which i really want to try). i don't have any colliodal silver at the moment, i guess i better order some. is it good for non-ECE related stuff? ie an all over cure? she had some duck soup but then the phone rang and distracted her. she still has the runny stools, feels a bit warm. she's drinking on her own but won't take the pedialyte or duck soup except from my fingers. her energy level seems pretty normal though, she "asked" to get out of the cage so i let her down thinking she'd curl up but she ran straight for the stuffed kangaroo and started attacking. then she found an insole - yi! so she's certainly not lethargic, but very skinny. i'm taking her to the vet's early in the morning and maybe they can ascertain more? (stan and whomever else wants to know, its the dixie animal hospital in mississauga). btw, the pet store was no help (shocking). i called to say, "i bought a boy ferret there a little while ago and now my older ferret is very sick. is there any chance he could have been carrying something?" pet store: well, are your ferrets vaccinated against rabies and distemper? me: of course, but this isn't one of those two pet store: well he's vaccinated me: yes, i *realize* that, but what i am saying is this is something different. pet store: well, he's vacinated so there's no way he'd be carrying anything. D'OH! it went on like this ad infinitum until i finally had to get off the phone in disgust. lets not even mention the wood shavings, filthy litterbox, etc. (i know i shouldnt have patronized this store, but B.B. was the sweetest little thing and i was a big sucker)(little did i know he was a savage) gawd, this email was really long. sorry! marianne cookie b.b. (who just ripped 2 long claw marks into my arm which resemble suicide attempts) and the very sick periscope-bear (who at this moment is staring out at me from inside a pair of long john's as if to say "who, me?") [log in to unmask]://toronto.ark.com/~marianne-- site developer--> http://www.campuscafe.com <-- ----TORONTO WEBGRRLS - http://www.webgrrls.com/toronto ----------- [Posted in FML issue 1583]