Sorry if this is too unrelated, but I would like to know some links to information about black footed ferret breeding programs in the US and Canada. As I understand, there are no Canadian breeding programs and I am interested in finding out how to gather support for getting something started. I heard that Bush has (or plans to ) cut funding for projects such as these and I would like to know where the US BFF projects stand now. I believe that the only Canadian facility that has BFFs is the Toronto Zoo, does anyone know if there are any other places in Canada that have them? Anyways, to make this more 'ferret' related: my oldest girl has begun to really act old lately (she's 8). She's clumsy and misses the litterbox a LOT (grr). Her organs feel hard, harder than the other ferrets. What I think is her spleen is quite large (left side, below the rib cage). I made an appointment for her at my exotics vet in two weeks, I plan to get her glucose checked, does anyone think this sounds like something I should have her checked for specifically (besides insulinoma)? Thanks in advance Jen Newton, Dobie, Fig and the dog. [Posted in FML issue 3574]