hi Skeeter...please make Mercedes feel welcome...he crossed the bridge this morning...7/28/99... Mercedes is not one of mine...he was rescued by a friend of mine...william... Mercedes was his first ever ferret and he had him for only 3 weeks... the ferret put on weight under his care and seemed much better... then 2 nights ago he noticed him straining to poop...he called the vet right away and got an appt for this morning...(Wed)...when he came online this morn i asked him about what the vet said...this was his response... "well it is not good news..... im very sorry to say the guy did not make it the vet said he was dying from a cancer..... and nothing realy could have been done at this late stage.... ive never had a ferret b4 and now i want to learn as much as i can about them and their care, and in the spring get 2 more of them.... ty very much for you help.... im very sad and upset at the loss,even though i did not care for the critter more than 3 weeks, he stole my heart, ty again... william" so, Skeeter...please make Mercedes feel welcome, and tell him william loved him very much and misses him.... thank you... kat === "http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/2396/index.html" RASCAL~my cinnamon...my first~*~SASSY~my lady~*~WOLFIE~my sweetest boy!!!~*~ MONKEY(SHINE)~my "blaze" wild man!!!~*~FEIVEL~my new Sterling Silver~*~ MEEJA~my new sable maniac woman!!!~*~CHASE~my new DEW lady~*~ ARMAND~my new sable gentleman~*~Remembering Marcel...how we loved him! [Posted in FML issue 2756]