Okay --clarification form yesterday's FML: sugars ARE a problem if insulinoma is present and in that situation they should be given only when a seizure must be broken. If there is not insulinoma they might still be a problem *IF* a hypothesis that is out there pans out. Important note: it appears that anything that is associated in the lists with the names "Acme" and "Howard or Anne Davis" now link directly into a very overt porn site but a number of the website owners have not changed those entries; also, there is a rabies site that says on it's front page that it has not been updated since 1997 but since then things have radically improved.) http://www.vetheart.com/ (heart info from vets) http://www.trifl.org/cedar.html (epidemiological cedar and pine info) http://listserv.cuny.edu/archives/ferret-search.html (archives of the FML; see top of list for other info also readily available) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ferret-Health-list (discussion w ferrets folks, incl. vets, also health files and archives, questions addressed) http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc (many health articles by vets and others) http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html (ferret pathology and health care site by vet who is world expert on several things including ECE, feeding sick ferret) http://www.ferret.net/medical/ (helps find and links to many sources of ferret medical information) http://www.trifl.org/medical.html (another clear site w links to many sources of ferret medical information) http://members.atlantic.net/~weah/ferrets.html (info and over-view by vet specialist) http://home.att.net/~hhoefer/ (another site by a ferret-specialist vet) http://www.lbah.com/Ferrets (site by vets) http://www.ferretcentral.org (incredibly inclusive site with translations available in multiple languages, addresses health as well as behavior, basics, natural history, and more, also has many, many links to anything ferret) http://www.geocities.com/wolfysluv/adv-straight.html (Aleutian Disease Virus site) http://www.napcc.aspca.org/ (poison control for animals) http://www.avma.org (American Veterinary Medical Assoc. incl. The Compendium of Animal Rabies Control at http://www.avma.org/pubhlth/rabcont.asp ) http://advancedhelp.org (easily accessed links for more health info) http://www.geocities.com/wolfysluv/ (deafness) http://www.ferret.org/index.htm (American Ferret Association) http://www.avecon.com/AveconADV.htm (ADV testing) http://www.hiproanimalhealth.com/catalog/usa/index.htm (Compendium of Veterinary products) http://www.graylab.ac.uk/omd/ (on-line medical dictionary) http://www.peteducation.com/drugs_supplements.htm (vet info, but they are not ferret specialists and there are more up-to-date and accurate sources) http://www.marvistavet.com/html/compounding_pharmacies.html (list of some compounding pharmacies) http://www.bradleyhills.com/ and http://www.ferretdoctor.com (vet page with very detailed adrenal and insulinoma info) http://www.petinsurance.com/ (insurance) http://www.doggon.com (travel chairs and mobility aids) http://www.ferretnews.org/clinic.html (vets providing multiple pieces of health information, and telling about California-specific concerns) http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ferreter (National Ferret Welfare Society in the UK, including vet articles on things not found often elsewhere like castration, or abcesses) http://www.ferretsanonymous.com/medical.html (medical info, including from vets, and including some topics not seen in many places like first aid kits, or dental hygiene, or holiday hazards) http://members.tripod.com/~Ferret_Luv/foodchart.html (food comparison chart) [Posted in FML issue 3628]