Hi everyone, A quick update on Thelma's ultrasound ... while I had a hard time figuring out the grey areas, the two vets (one for the ultrasound and the other was my vet) found all that they were looking for and then some! The ultrasound did not show a tumor, however, what it did show was a mass of some sort on the right side of my little baby. To all you knowledgeable ferret people out there - this is bad news. (Quick history - we went in for surgery in November last year and saw nothing and decided to wait a bit longer). We are going in again on Thursday next week. Hopefully, the mass they saw was gas (!!) and the tumor is on the left so my little girl will be ok, but the prognosis does not look good. On the lighter side, this little girl is going to break my heart because she is such a little brat - other than being completely bald, (which is somewhat amusing at times), she is still her normal, hyper active aggressive (playfully) self which just about makes me pee my pants everytime I play with her ... she is the best. A quick question - if it is on the right, and he just sews her back up, what kind of life expectancy do they have with the tumor, also, what about their quality of life? Any help on this would be great .... TWO MORE ????? Yes, I have succumbed to ferret math ... potentially ... maybe forever ... I am fostering two boys (no names) who look identical to Thelma and Louise except for size (man are the boys ever big!!!) These two boys are potential playmates for Louise as she is lonely now that Thelma wants no more to do with her ... So, I am babysitting for a while to see how it works out ... Last night we introduced them and my poor Louise is so afraid of ferrets now because of Thelma attacking her that she doesn't really know what to do. But these boys, bless their hearts, not once did they try and hurt my little Louisie who was so scared she was trembling. If after a while I can get Louise to calm down and trust these boys, they will have found their last home (I will be their fourth in 1.5 years). And god I hope it will work. I need some info from you guys - help hints on introducing a scared ferret (louise) to two new ones who are wonderfully beautiful great ferts.... AND - THESE TWO WONDERFUL BOYS NEED NAMES - SOME IDEAS WOULD BE GREAT (I LIKE A PAIR - YOU KNOW TO MATCH SORT OF LIKE THELMA AND LOUISE - BUT NOTHING MEAN BECAUSE THAT THEY ARE NOT!!! Funny story about the two boys last night - they weren't in my apartment 20 minutes and they managed to climb up on to one of my end tables (which my ferrets cannot get to) and knock over my plant and dig it up everywhere, and then the two of them were rolling around in the dirt and dooking and having the time of their lives, I was killing myself laughing and trying to hurry up and find my camera at the same time ... at this point the lady who brought them to me knew I was a ferret lover to the tee - she asked me if I was upset, but I was too busy laughing at them - besides get mad at them over a plant ??? Who was the dumdum that put the plant there ---- uh ?? No comments!!! I look forward to hearing from everyone. If it is not too much to ask I would appreciate it if you could respond directly to me as I do not always get to read the digest every morining.... thanks a million, Marion and her 6 pets (god help me I am going crazy!!! [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 2245]