An ASPCA's Animal Poison Control Center release: http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pro_apcc_common Note that marijuana leads the list and can cause convulsions and coma. In either January or December (I forget which.) there was a space of a few days, all in the same week, where I had to help 5 people with ferrets had suffered an assortment of types of poisoning, from plant to carbon monoxide to common household chemicals such as cleansers, to over the counter human meds. Please, keep the following available in hard copy so that you will have it even if your computer crashes. The charges are per case. ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center's emergency hotline at (888) 426-4435 Angell Memorial Animal Medical Center Pet Poison Hotline 1-877-2ANGELL (1-877-226-4355) Keep track of what types of houseplants you have by using resources like http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/poison/index.html Don't wait; check now. This UK article which mentions some common poisoning causes by name is very useful: http://www.avonvets.co.uk/2ndyr_hands/Poisons.html The number of poisonous plants is actually much larger than this list and than the ASPCA's list of the most ones encountered (and a more comprehensive list of poisonous plants is available at the ASPCA Animal Poison Control website, as well as a list of safe ones). -- Sukie (not a vet) Ferret Health List co-moderator http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/ferrethealth FHL Archives fan http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ replacing http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org International Ferret Congress advisor http://www.ferretcongress.org [Posted in FML issue 5142]