To hotdish I can only say: Excellent advice. I know that she and I have butted heads before but the message of interviewing a potential vet and knowing what to expect before something actually happens is great advice and we should all do it. I would add one thing to that advice though. Find a good vet that you and your animals trust but also find a vet for those emergencies when the regular one is not available for whatever reason. I know that one of our fuzzies recently gave us a scare and our vet was not available. We had to go to one of the 24 hour vets. Now that was a nightmare. Our little girl ended up being all right but it was no thanks to the vet that we took her. We have a good and trusted regular vet but we still need to find an emergency or backup vet. [Posted in FML issue 2833]