I haven't written in a while but I just had to tell you all about my lucky ferret Zorro. About a month ago a rather large TV fell on him. It didn't exactly fall it slide from about a foot and a half up. It was a complete accident and I still have no idea how it happened. My boyfriend was home and luckly heard the noise and went to investigate. He actually had to pick up the TV to get him out. But Zorro just ran off when my boyfriend retrieved him he bite the heck out of his finger. (Zorro never bites) I took him to the vet only to find out that not one leg but both back legs were broken and they couldn't tell about his spine. My vet doesn't do orthopedic surgery so she went on a task to find him a good doctor. Zorro being difficult as usual did this at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. So it wasn't until Monday that she got through to anyone. She knew of only two really good doctors that might do it. The first declined. The second said yes until he saw the x-rays. Zorro managed to cleanly break his left leg in the middle. However his right leg was broken very close to the knee. Plan B was for me to take him to a vet in Gainesville that was an orthopedic as well as a certified in wild life and exotics. This man was at a semenar for the week. The first vet agreed to look at him. It is now wednesday. A very nice young doctor examined him she even had a rasin for him. The office didn't do much work with ferrets but her college roommate had a ferret. That really calmed my nerves. Then I meet the actual surgen. He freely admitted to me that he had never worked on ferrets before and didn't know much about them past the books. However the vet who examined him was going to be present for surgery and make all the decisions about his care. They took more x-rays and all he had done was broken both legs. He didn't even chip his pelvis or spine. That is amazing. I took Zorro the next morning for surgery. They kept him overnight to make sure everything was ok. He has what they call external fixatures on both legs and about four pins in each leg. He came home with no treats left in his bag. When I took him back two weeks later fro his stiches to be removed about six people came out to great him they even took him into surgery so everyone could see him. Now when I come in with him everyone knows who he is and has to love him some of the techs even bring treats for him. He captured everyones hearts in that office and all he did was lay there. He gets his fixatures off in about three weeks. He will have a limp in his right leg but it shouldn't bother him. He has no neurological damage. I have a couple of little tiny girls ferrets and I know that TV would have killed them. But Zorro the tough guy hasn't even moaned once. He is truely lucky. Love to all you and your fuzzies. Give them all kisses from me. Joy Smith & Lucy, Theo, Tabitha, Zorro, Scrawny, Pebbles, Psycho, & Albert. [Posted in FML issue 2862]