A very experienced ferret person I know has a theory about adrenal problems and maybe other hormone-related issues in ferrets. She thinks the incidence of adrenal disease is at least partly due to the artificial seasonal cycles large breeders create with lighting to bring their breeding ferrets into season more often than they naturally would breed in nature. Her theory is that the parents' hormonal systems are affected by the unnatural 'seasons' in a way that also affects the kits in utero, so that the kits' hormonal systems never really have a chance to be normal. Any comments on that? And did the intensive breeding of ferrets in large numbers begin about the same time their lifespans began to decline? Blessings Judith -- * * * Reiki Distance Healing * * * For You and Your Animal Companions http://www.Reiki4Healing.com [Posted in FML issue 3955]