Bobbi, there is also the option of educating one of your local vets -- even
of supplying materials to an interested vet.  We've done that ourselves
with texts, Charlie Weiss' video, etc.  when the area was between
ferret-vets.
 
Here are some very useful materials for teaching vets who are not used
to ferrets:
 
Books: for vets who aren't used to ferrets the best is likely
_Essentials of Ferrets, a Guide for Practitioners_ by Karen Purcell (AAHA
Press, 1-800-252-2242, 12575 W. Bayaud Ave,.  Lakewood, CO 80228).
 
Next year there should a new edition of Hillyer and Quesenberry's
_Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents_.  I do not know when a third edition of
Fox's _Biology and Diseases of the Ferret_ is planned.
 
Video: Charles Weiss has a fine teaching video which can be gotten from
http://www.ferretdoctor.com, a site on which it is also possible to read
journal articles he wrote.
 
Ferret veterinary websites exist.  Here are a few more in which your vet
can read materials BY FERRET EXPERT VETERINARIANS:
 
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html (incredible site for vets and
others)
 
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc (not entirely materials by vets but many
things in here that vets have written)
 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ferret-Health-list (readily accessible
files and a list with over 800 members, including a number of vets and
other experts)
 
http://www.trifl.org/medical.html  (links to many health materials --
many, perhaps most, by ferret vets)
 
http://home.att.net/~hhoefer/
 
I am sure that others will easily be able to direct you to more.  One of
the absolute best places -- very likely the best place -- for such links
is http://www.ferretcentral.org
[Posted in FML issue 3467]