I'm a university student (28) and the ADRENAL QUESTION has a lot of people up in arms about various claims , So in stage 1 statistics we are taught about various things 1) OUTLIERS ,this may mean that "most" cases of adrenal come from "bad or neglectful" homes with a few that come from really "nice" homes and some may never get adrenal even in the worst conditions. Statistics is about trends not individuals . 2) OUTSIDE FACTORS ,this means that some apparently totally irrelevant seeming issue may be the problem (DOES ANYONE REMEMBER FORMALIN (?) POISONING FROM FLOORING MATERIAL IN THE 70'S ) it may be that the paint being used is the cause, or the flooring, or the food ,or anything at all that I can't even dream of .Maybe even genetic? 3) TRENDS ,these are what people are after in statistics nothing is certain as my lecturer used to say ,citing apparent diet causes that were environmental. GIVING information is useful to prove a trend supposition wrong ,But jumping up and down about what may be outliers is not really helpful, A lot of ferrets and people have suffered because of adrenal and anything someone asks is not meant to insult or imply lack of care but to gain information to STOP OR DECREASE THE SUFFERING BY ALL involved. FINDING ANY TREND OR LACK OF IS HELPFUL IN GAINING INFORMATION. GOOD HEALTH TO ALL FERRETS RICHARD ARDERN [Posted in FML issue 3109]