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>I have a little panda girl named Crockett who will be 6 years old in
>September.  She has always been on the pudgy side, but all of a sudden in
>the last week she has become a skinny ferret.  Normally my first thought
>would be "blockage!", however she is not showing any other signs.  She is
>hyper-active, not lethargic and is still having normal (slightly smaller)
>poops.  None of my ferrets usually do the seasonal weight-gain-weight-loss
>thing, but we have had a sudden onset of warmer weather.  The other
>weird thing she is doing is attacking the boys in the cage.  I have been
>hearing strange squeeking noises after returning them to their cage after
>playtime.
 
I'd see a vet.  Both weight loss and a change of behavior are alerts
that something is wrong.  My first suspicion is adrenal disease which
stimulates breeding behavior.
 
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[Posted in FML issue 3741]