>Could the problem of aplastic anemia be in the way that ferrets are kept? Aplastic anaemia is a recognised medical condition and have nothing to do with how ferrets are kept.You must've brought your jills out of season by either a jill jab or a vasectomised hob-seeing that you don't believe in neutering/spaying. "The high levels of endogenous oestrogens produced,may lead to progressive surpression of the bone marrow.If this occurs,the production of all blood cells is affected,leading to leocopenia,thrombocytopenia and aplastic anaemia.All jills will develop at least a mild anaemia during oestrus(when in season) at some point,and up to 50% of jills with prolonged oestrus will develop aplastic anaemia." (Source for this info- Ferrets-health,husbandry and diseases -Written by Maggie Lloyd MA,VetMB,CertLAS,MRCVS) Why do you seem to think that the way ferrets are kept,could lead to this? I can see no relevance. [Posted in FML issue 4267]