We took Beige to the vet today and asked the vet to look at him because whilst squeezing on all the ferrets one night (a ritual we do every weekend) we found something in Beige. To cut a long story the vet took x-rays and said that it is his spleen, and that it is enlarged. Flame me for waiting so long to take him down, but it never seemed to hender the way he was. Beige has always been slow, we actually thought he had that thing where he doesn't get enough sugar. He plays with the other ferrets, but tires easy. The last two weeks, he has been kinda like depressed. He quit eating Cheerios and only played a little bit then going to the couch to sleep the rest of the time they are out of the cage. We thought that maybe he had the cold, catching it from my brother's friend. We were taking them down for their shots in a couple of weeks, so we decided to wait till then. Because the vaccination medicine didn't come in, all in all we had to wait for over a month before we had the medicine for the shots. We should have taken him when we felt it. The vet took blood, his temperature, and like I said, X-rays. The vet said that he had very thick, dark blood, and that it meant there is something the matter with Beige. The shocking thing was when one of the boys at the vet's office held Beige up, you could see the left side of him bulging out, like he swallowed a lemon. We never noticed that before. We watched on the Animal Planet them do surgery on a ferret with an enlarged spleen, and he talked about it some, but not a lot. I am going to look on the FAQ about lymphosarcoma, that is what he said it might be. The vet is going to call around to find out all he can for he isn't that knowledgable, but he is the best we can get right now, and he is better than nothing. I was hoping that ya'll that have had experience with this could write me and tell me everything there is to know about it. Before surgery, during surgery, after surgery, if surgery (he said that he might not need to do surgery), anything. My mom is scared to death, and I want her to be prepared for anything. Please even if the stories are sad to where the ferret didn't make it, I want to know. I need to prepare not only Beige for what is next, but also my mom. So as to not crowd up the list, you can e-mail me at [log in to unmask] If you want to send pictures, send it to [log in to unmask] Thank you in advance, and please keep Beige in your thoughts. [Posted in FML issue 2143]