The cost of producing a high quality professional video tape is not insignificant. Taping surgeries would take special equipment and extra care to make sure the delicate medical procedures were clearly shown without compromising the safety of the patient. I strongly suspect that Dr. Weiss hired professionals to tape and edit the video; I don't think he spent his spare time in the study editing the footage on his computer. Professionals cost money. The cost of production can be spread out over the number of tapes sold, but somehow I doubt this one is going to be on Blockbuster's best selling list. Dr. Weiss has invested an incredible amount of his time and own money on research into the two major ferret diseases, adrenal and insulinoma. His published articles and especially the Lupron research has resulted in some of the greatest breakthoughs in ferret health care in the last decade. Yes, I wish the video cost less so it would be easier to convince vets to purchase it. But now that is our job to convince vets that this will help them save furry lives. If you need to, get your local ferret club to do a fund raising event to purchase the video. In the meantime, I would like to nominate Dr. Charlie Weiss for the FML Ferret Hero of the Year award. I had been thinking about this even before the cryosurgery info and video came out. As I said, he has done an incredible amount of work to publish and publicize new and better ways to treat ferrets. If anyone has any good ideas on how we as a group can recognize and reward his efforts, I'd love to talk about it with you. In the meantime, shhh, don't tell him! Linda Iroff Oberlin, OH Support the Ferrets Unlimited/Raisin Retreat Ferret Shelter by visiting http://www.iGive.com/html/ssi.cfm?cid=3585&mid=30146 [Posted in FML issue 2846]