Thank you, first of all, for all of the condolences about Tieke. It is a very sad time for my husband, the fuzzies, and I. But I have to put this in perspective. Any death is sad, but after reading about those ferrets in Illinois (two days ago in the fml) or Kodo and the 200 ferrets Michigan has beheaded in the vain attempt to find rabbies, Tieke's death doesn't seem so sad. He was seven, had lived in two homes of people who adored him, had round the clock medical care from us, and up until a week ago, was chasing around Dr. Schiff's silly vet office cat, One Eyed Willy. To sum up, I think he lived a good and full long life. I wish all ferrets could. beckers -- becki kain "words are just dust in deserts of sound." eldritch [Posted in FML issue 2063]