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]