Thanks so much for all the support you all have given through my ordeal with Fester. I am too wore out ( I am feeding round the clock) to write everyone to thank them. It appears she has lost almost 1/2 her body weight. And the dr gave me the choice of treating for 2 wks to see if meds for proliferative bowel disease helped or one for Heliobactor. Try one for 2 wks and then the other, or else we would not know which cured her and what she had, if treated together. I opted to treat for both. To heck with findings. What I want is my baby well before it is too late. If neither work then the specialist my vet called said to look at ruling out lymphosarcoma (sp?). I am just so very grateful that I am a teacher and have off a while. Because if I didn't she would go to school or I would stay home. By the way, I need to put in a plug here but don't want to start a debate. I let my babies free roam. If I had just caged them at bedtime, I would have noticed the mucousy poop earlier (since they sometimes hide their treasures), noticed the lethargy (instead of wondering where my baby was when she was tired and hiding) and noticed food was not eaten enough. So I have decided that they will have to AT THE LEAST stay in a cage once a week at night or something like that as a routine...or in a smaller place like my huge bathroom, which doubles as the isolation room. I guess it could be made into a one-night-a-week-playground so they'd love it. Fester had lost most of the weight during a 2-3 day stretch where she made herself scarce. We did everything but boil the cage to get it ready for Queen Fester and while I fed her the others found it and went nuts. "Mama's brought us a playground! We have a playground!" Run up. Run down. Flip over the litter pan (which luckily I had decided to just put newspaper in). Climb the sides. Tease the dogs ("Betcha can't catch ME!!!"). They had a rip-roarin' time! Geeze....I though letting them free roam was making them happy and they want a cage! Go figure the mind of a fuzzy... Anyway, thanks to all of you for your suggestions. It is really so appreciated when you are in a crisis and help is there....and remember... have your babies checked and real healthy BEFORE the holidays....because no one is open at Christmas...I learned MY lesson and next year I am going to make Thanksgiving season the time to stock up on AD, syringes, duck soup, etc and get them a checkup before the big holidays. Ryan [Posted in FML issue 2539]