Congratulations to Dr. Sandra Kudrak Mitchell and the other veterinarians (Apologies for not know who was involved.) who have been working so hard for many years to achieve this. It will mean that once testing is underway in sufficient numbers people will be able to select vets who have passed exams showing that they understand exotic animal medical care. <http://www.dvmnews.com/dvm/News/AVMA-recognizes-new-specialty-for-veterinarians/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/511675> QUOTE Schaumburg, Ill. - 4/22/08 - American Veterinary Medical Association leaders gave the OK for an exotic companion mammal specialty practice area that focuses on ferrets, rabbits, guinea pigs, rodents and other small exotic mammals.... END QUOTE Sukie (not a vet) Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html [Posted in FML 5951]