Thanks to Alicia, Sukie, Ronnie and Dick, who wrote with advice for Slink, my wheezing little fuzzy. Slink died 11/30 at about 8:00pm. Maybe he met Sammy on the way to fuzzy-heaven? Anyway, we never did find out if it was cardiomyopathy, but I'd bet it was. The vet wanted a battery of tests before she treated him. I was getting ready to give him a bath and I think he checked out just to avoid it! (Just the thing for a fert to do.) Slink wandered into our yard two years ago and brought to our attention that we needed fuzzies in our lives. I'll always be grateful. Kristine in MA [Posted in FML issue 2143]