This is a quick note through one of Steve's addresses, since he was up and we only have one line for e-mail at home. Today for about three hours w thought Meltdown was going to die, but she bounced back. Her ventricular arrthymia began kicking up and she went into two bouts of syncope. The first was very long. Then she came around. Today she began Winstrol-V to make her more comfrotable and to help her eat and drink. As with Ruffle it worked beautifully once it began working. We recommend this to those with terminal ferrets or those whose survival is questionable as long as it is counterindicated for any reason. She's begun eatting mush again and drinking well. 'Chopper, the organic helicopter did the most amazing thing today. First off, this is the same ferret who last year removed all the blue baubles from the tree, and who likes wearing collars (but Spot likes to take them off her while she sleeps and he hides them). Okay, I know ferrets are NOT supposed to be able to see blue. If that's true then let's just say she likes what she perceives as the ultimate neutral color. Anyway, Neither Steve nor I had seen any of her blue collars in a few days, and during this afternoon we had not seen HER for fifteen minutes. When we did find her she had a collar on, and neither of us had put it on her, nor were there any other humans in the house. Somehow she had put on her own collar!!!! You KNOW she got whipped cream for that. Now if we can get her to do it on command we'll record it in the future. Sukie [Posted in FML issue 1777]