Given that a number of people give Flax Seed Oil to ferrets it may be wise for breeders to get a heads up that it might carry a risk in late pregnancy: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-10/uom-pwc102708.php 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 6138]