Brian, I like your idea of including all pets to help sell the compilation, but I'd hate to see ferrets get overshadowed... perhaps concentrate on ferrets for about 3/4 of it, and other "exotic" pets for the rest, with only brief mentions of the more common cats & dogs? Regardless, unless someone takes on the job of actually compiling the stuff, the point is moot. Lisa, the pus in the ovarian cavity you mentioned sounds very much like what happened to a cat of mine.... the vet found a pyeometra (sp?) in the ovarian cavity -- and evidently it was due to the ineptness of the vet who'd spayed her... (NOT the vet who found the problem several years later). I don't know if that would apply with your fuzzy, but that's what your description reminded me of. Mitakuye Oyasin [Posted in FML issue 1893]