>From: "Bruce Williams, DVM" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Fang >Finding a donor ferret usually isn't too hard - as we haven't established >blood groups in ferrets - ferrets are universal donors - any ferret can >donate to any other ferret - even multiple times. I have it on good authority that in emergency situations, dog or cat blood can be used to provide blood for a ferret. The ferret's body destroys the foreign cells within about 48 hours, but this could buy the time one needs to find a ferret donor in a life or death situation. For the ferrets, Mike * Michael F. Janke, [log in to unmask] * South Florida Ferret Help Line, 305-752-7040 * * Website: http://www.miamiferret.org * Adrenal/Insulinoma web site: http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc [Posted in FML issue 3267]