Here is a list of some useful websites for when dysuria (inability to urinate occurs); it has a added one from UGA beyond the ones given before: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/ferrethealth/prostate.txt http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=11&cat=1296&articleid=1491 http://www.petcarevabeach.com/pen1.html and http://www.vet.uga.edu/ivcvm/1999/Greenacre/greenacre.htm There are many causes of runs. Here is info on one of the common causes: http://www.afip.org/ferrets/ECE/ECE.html and http://www.ferretvet.ca/ECEPage.html IF memory serves (remember that this is ragweed season so i am not breathing well) Essiac can lower blood sugar badly and Dr. Karen Purcell wrote that she will be removing it from her next edition of her book and now advises to not use it. CHECK ME on those things because I could be mis-remembering. Ah, no, it looks like I was confusing it with pau d'arco: http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=SG964 and http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=SG358 So, memory does not always serve, which all already knew, especially when not breathing well but at least I admit it and pass on some else which may be useful. LOL! Hi, April! It was from Dr. Bruce Williams that I learned that the risk of aspiration pneumonia is not at all negledgable in ferrets. Of course, in your case yo uare trained and you are doing it only short term for very sick animals for whom there is no other choice. The poster was talking about anyone doing it, and was talking about forcing a daily supplement that way. >I did what any self respecting 35 y/o lady would do. I screamed my head >off, threw the bag and her, and ran like hell! GOT to be an exaggeration; you were a Bluejacket! :-) [Posted in FML issue 4244]