Hello FML, I have an 8 yr old little girl, Leah, who has become very ill and i'm just looking to the FML for some advice or ideas on what might be wrong with her. *DISCLAIMER*...I have already taken her to the emergency vet...just looking for additional thoughts here. Leah's history: I rescued her at age four and at that time she checked out to have a good bill of health. She has never fallen ill to anything in her whole life (except for ear mites in the past). I give all my ferrets hairball paste, ferretvite and ferretone on a regular basis and recently (approx. three weeks ago) Leah passed a smaller sized hairball and her stools since then have been fine. Although, approx. starting three days ago, I noticed that they were very small in size and darker than usual (but only once in a while, throughout the day they may go back to regular color and consistency) and she was going more. She was running around fine this whole week and I noticed a slight bit of weight loss, but she's been eating and drinking fine. Well, yesterday morning she couldn't hardly even lift her head. She would get up walk and plop down, she had a hard time holding her own weight up. I took her immediately to the emergency vet (great ferret vet) and he checked her glucose, etc. She was very, very dehydrated and her glucose was at 70. He gave her subcutaneous fluids and a vitamin b shot. She has a slightly enlarged spleen and a little hair loss on her tail. For an 8-year old ferret everything else looked good (except for she has slowed down a bit over the last year, but she still has a lot of piss and vinegar in her most times). Anyways, I took her home and am continuing giving her pedialyte and duck soup (she doesn't eat much at all, but at least some of it is getting in her). I'm going to take her in first thing tomorrow again because I want them to check for a possible blockage. X-rays will more than likely be done tomorrow. I've lost 3 fuzzies in the past, one to insulinoma, one to adrenal complications and one to carcinoma. Leah does not have a swollen vulva (which I know isn't necessarily a sign that always presents itself with adrenal, or other signs of adrenal except for a bit of hair loss on the tail). And she's never exhibited signs of insulinoma. Anyone have any ideas what else might be going on with her. She sleeps wrapped up in her favorite blanket and lays on my chest all day. I'm so worried about her. Thanks FML!!! You may respond to this e-mail address or my daytime e-mail address which is: [log in to unmask] Thanks so much...have a warm *fuzzy* day! Tracy Roo(RooBear), Chico and Leah (and three fur-angels: Pepe', Tango and Spunky) [Posted in FML issue 4292]