Sighing. I just had to find some info for someone whose ferret was in an avoidable situation. So, in case knowing this might protect another ferret: Ref: Smith, R. A. 1988. Coma in a ferret after ingestion of cannabis. Vet. Hum. Toxicol., 30:486. QUOTE Symptoms in members of Carnivora who have ingested Cannabis (dose dependent): hyperactivity, vomiting, somnolence, staggering, and glazed eyes. In another case, in Edmonton, a pet ferret ingested the plant and became comatose after experiencing sneezing bouts and ataxia END QUOTE from: <http://www.scib.gc.ca/pls/pp/ppack.info?p_psn=222&p_type=all&p_sci=sci&p_x=px> which also includes this info on cannabis ingestion by members of Carnivora: BEGIN QUOTE Dogs General symptoms of poisoning: agitation drowsiness gait, staggering unconsciousness vomiting References: Jones, D. L. 1978. A case of canine cannabis ingestion. N. Z. Vet. J., 26:135-136. Ferrets General symptoms of poisoning: ataxia coma temperature, depressed References: Smith, R. A. 1988. Coma in a ferret after ingestion of cannabis. Vet. Hum. Toxicol., 30:486. END QUOTE The person can referred to Animal Poison Control. In the U.S. the numbers are ASPCA Animal Poison Control: http://www.napcc.aspca.org Angell Memorial's ASPCA Poison Control: http://www.mspca.org/site/PageServer? If anyone misplaces the APCC URLs they are also in the FHL Archives (as are the phone numbers) and in my list of ferret links: http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html 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 5973]
