Hello I have a dilemma and was hoping for some advice. Has anyone here ever heard of a ferret willing himself to death after being given up by his owner. We have a beautiful albino male named Max that was surrendered here this passed summer along with his two female friends. The two females have adjusted well and seem healthy. Max on the other hand has lost weight, at one point you could count his ribs. I have taken him to the vet, his stool came back fine, his blood came back fine and I even had them ultrasound him looking for a tumor or something and nothing. Our vet said that the only thing he could figure was that he was just to depressed to go on. We have since started syringe feeding him and he will eat now some kibble on his own, but if you stop feeding him the special stuff, which of course involves holding and cuddling him, he will stop eating again. I am afraid to introduce him to any other play groups because of the stress factor and certainly can't adopt any of this group out. I just wondered if anyone else has experienced this. Sincerely Kim and the Coffee Creek Ferret gang [Posted in FML issue 5064]