Hi Rebecca, I am so sorry to hear about Jitterbug, and hope her recovery is complete and soon. AS FOR YOUR VET. He is unprofessional and an embarassment to vets everywhere! Please, fire him - anyone in the medical profession who is not willing to listen to ALL of the evidence before jumping to a diagnosis doesn't deserve to practice the medical arts. If he were my vet, I would file a complaint with the state liscencing agency - what he did was simply abusive. Even in the human medical profession, only tremendously foolish doctors don't listen when nurses and other experienced folks make observations that could help the patient - especially when the doctor has already messed up on the diagnosis! If you have a contact at the local ferret shelter, please inform them about this creep. I have a policy of walking out of doctors (both vets and human doctors) who display the kind of wanton disregard for their patients and their patient's friends that this jerk did. I also write letters explaining in excrutiating detail WHY I have fired the doctor (and remember, you are a client - and can fire them any time you wish!). Don't take his recommendations for other vets, either - it is a powertrip for the doctor. I'm not saying you were wrong to leave your fuzzhead in his care - since by the time he did this she clearly shouldn't have been moved. Please, remove her from this environment at the first possible chance - anyone who would treat a client in this way probably shouldn't be entrusted with the lives of little precious furballs - and certainly doesn't deserve any more of your money! Good luck! Gwen +---+---+---+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+---+----+---+ Gwen M. Daley [log in to unmask] http://www.vt.edu:10021/G/gdaley/gmd.html Department of Geological Sciences Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0420 [Posted in FML issue 1703]