Hello FML, My new little fuzzbutt Makai is almost 4 months old now and I certainly plan on having him neutered. My question is whether or not to have him descented as well at the same time. Up until this point I'd been leaning toward NOT descenting him. When I took him for his checkup his vet was also leaning toward NOT descenting. After talking to his breeder she feels that he should be descented. She said she has read where AFA is now taking the position that desenting MAY be better as apparently they are now seeing more impacted anal gland problems. When talking with the vet he said he's seen several problems because of descenting. Now in all fairness I suspect the vet has seen more "farm ferrets" and we all know that early descenting may be the reasons for what the vet has seen. Anyway, what are the current thoughts on descenting? -- Tim, Makai (gotta run, run, leap, run some more), Salena <RB-GAF> http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/tcm_watson [Posted in FML issue 1662]