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Aug. 1st, 2005 12:17 pmThe show last night at the Middle East went very well--my music choices went over extremely well*, and the tips were pretty good. Two things I wish I'd been prepared for: the blast of wind at the door that wrapped my veil around my head, and the fact that all the stuff around the stage kinda interferes with cane work. Luckily I ditch the veil 30 or 40 seconds into the song anyway, and I whacked the plants a couple of times but at least I didn't break anything or drop the cane or hit anyone (though I was a little tempted to hit the drunk guy at the front trying to body tip the dancers down their bras). So while it wasn't perfect, I'm off to a very good start. Thanks to everyone who stopped by, either inside the club or outside the window :-)
*it's kind of funny that the tattooed and pierced dancer did by far the most traditional performance of the night. But people definitely appreciated it--I noticed the immediate interest when I stashed my cane up on the stage before I went on.
This morning we took Seti and Ronan to the vet for their various shots. I had noticed that Seti seemed to be having trouble settling down to pee when he had to, and I felt like his coat has been getting coarse. He'd also seemed a bit mopey lately. Anybody who's had ferrets knows what I was thinking. The vet could feel that his bladder was pretty full, but even when she put pressure on it, which in a healthy ferret would cause immediate urination, he didn't produce anything. The most likely scenario is that his prostate is swollen due to the hormonal imbalances caused by adrenal gland disease. So on Wednesday he is getting an ultrasound so we can see what's going on in there, and then chances are very high that he will have adrenal surgery in the very immediate future, since not being able to urinate easily is a real problem (he is still going, and in normal amounts, but it takes some effort on his part). Three years old is a little young to be getting this, but it's not remarkably young. I had just hoped that if any of my ferrets had to have adrenal, it would be later in life. Amelia and Cully both got it when they were six. I am starting to think that maybe there is something to the theory that Marshall ferrets are more cancer-prone, or at least more prone to cancer at younger ages. Or it might just be that Canadian ferrets are a bit tougher, having been bred more recently from polecat/fitch stock, I just don't know.
It's a pretty straightfoward surgery and they've done hundreds if not thousands of them at Angell, but I still will worry. I can't even think about the money aspect of it all--of course I'll do it, and thank heavens for the CareCredit program, but it will hurt financially. The two of them are also scheduled to get their teeth cleaned in September, which will also be pricy. I think I'm looking at about $1800 in the next two months with everything added up. With the CareCredit program, I think I'll have either six months or a year to pay that off, but it will be ouchy either way. But this is what you do for those you love.
On a side note, there was a little article in the Boston Globe yesterday about one of the wolves from the Stone Zoo getting a root canal at Angell--the dentist that did it is the one my ferrets will be seeing. Being a veterinary dentist must be pretty interesting. The article said the largest animal he'd ever done a root canal on was a walrus. If he can take care of wolves and walruses, I guess he's good enough for my weasels :-)
*it's kind of funny that the tattooed and pierced dancer did by far the most traditional performance of the night. But people definitely appreciated it--I noticed the immediate interest when I stashed my cane up on the stage before I went on.
This morning we took Seti and Ronan to the vet for their various shots. I had noticed that Seti seemed to be having trouble settling down to pee when he had to, and I felt like his coat has been getting coarse. He'd also seemed a bit mopey lately. Anybody who's had ferrets knows what I was thinking. The vet could feel that his bladder was pretty full, but even when she put pressure on it, which in a healthy ferret would cause immediate urination, he didn't produce anything. The most likely scenario is that his prostate is swollen due to the hormonal imbalances caused by adrenal gland disease. So on Wednesday he is getting an ultrasound so we can see what's going on in there, and then chances are very high that he will have adrenal surgery in the very immediate future, since not being able to urinate easily is a real problem (he is still going, and in normal amounts, but it takes some effort on his part). Three years old is a little young to be getting this, but it's not remarkably young. I had just hoped that if any of my ferrets had to have adrenal, it would be later in life. Amelia and Cully both got it when they were six. I am starting to think that maybe there is something to the theory that Marshall ferrets are more cancer-prone, or at least more prone to cancer at younger ages. Or it might just be that Canadian ferrets are a bit tougher, having been bred more recently from polecat/fitch stock, I just don't know.
It's a pretty straightfoward surgery and they've done hundreds if not thousands of them at Angell, but I still will worry. I can't even think about the money aspect of it all--of course I'll do it, and thank heavens for the CareCredit program, but it will hurt financially. The two of them are also scheduled to get their teeth cleaned in September, which will also be pricy. I think I'm looking at about $1800 in the next two months with everything added up. With the CareCredit program, I think I'll have either six months or a year to pay that off, but it will be ouchy either way. But this is what you do for those you love.
On a side note, there was a little article in the Boston Globe yesterday about one of the wolves from the Stone Zoo getting a root canal at Angell--the dentist that did it is the one my ferrets will be seeing. Being a veterinary dentist must be pretty interesting. The article said the largest animal he'd ever done a root canal on was a walrus. If he can take care of wolves and walruses, I guess he's good enough for my weasels :-)
