Hello everyone, It has been awhile since I have posted, but I have been super busy. Thelma and Louise DO NOT get along and I am still playing with them in shifts. Louise is doing wonderfully well after her surgery and I am so pleased with her recovery. I think Thelma doesn't like Louise because Louise had "fun" and Thelma didn't. So, to make me let her have fun, she got all mean on Louise. Well, now my poor Thelma, who is losing all her fur, is going in for surgery soon to have an adrenal tumour removed. (At least that's what we think it is.) She has all the symptoms, etc. (except for lethargy - this fert just keeps bopping along faster than a speeding bullet!!) I just wanted to take a minute to thank people for writing and I am sorry I didn't get back to some people, but with two shifts of ferrets, and then my shift of cats, (2) and then working full time, going to school and doing homework the computer is the last place I really want to be at!! (I usually end up typing them up at night and sending them in the morning when I get to work!!) I read the anonymous poster from a grieving shelter mom and I just wanted to add my 2 sense(!) worth - I completely agree with the shelter mom and I am so sorry that she has to go through with that. I have had my two cats dies (while I was growing up we had two cats - they died when I was 19 and 21) and both times I came from where I was living and went back home to my parents to bring the cats to the vet to have them put to sleep. No, I am not trying to look like a heroine - I cried for two days both times, and it was absolute hell. Futhermore, I own two more cats and my two ferrets, and when Louise went it for surgery and I picked her up, I cried because I was so happy she was OK. By owning four pets, I know that my heart is going to break at least four times in the future, and yet, they give me so much joy and happiness in my life, that the least I could do for them, is be there when they cross the Rainbow Bridge. I applaud you Shelter Mom, and I hope your post makes some people a little more compassionate towards yourself and others like you and accept their own grieving time and not pass it on to someone else. We need that grieving time, it will help us to heal, without that you will always wonder - How, Why, Who... At least this way you know all the answers.. Take care, Marion, JD, OSCAR, THELMA AND LOUISE [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 2124]