Okay, first step, Jai: vet appointment -- now, no waiting, please. If you do not have a ferret vet go to http://ferrethealth.org/vets/ or other vet lists You are inclined to think insulinoma, but that is not my first inclination with this ferret both from symptoms and age. My first inclination is to think that a large partial blockage may be present, from an ingested foreign body (a hard bit of veggie or dried fruit, raw hide, latex, rubber, eraser, etc.), a large fur ball (or pseudo fur ball caused by ingesting bed fibers like fake fleece), a growth, inflammation, etc. There are other possible causes, of course, but that is the most typical one that is most consistent with the symptoms and age. It is wonderful that the two vets to work together; otherwise, travel, but if this is a blockage then the ferret should already have had vet care, so get there promptly even if it means paying extra to do so. For a blockage you may need to travel. Make an appointment for today as soon as you finish reading this message, please. It is good that you know now that blockages and their indications should best not be waited on for anything beyond 24 hours, and preferably fewer hours than that, and now others will also know. That is part of what time is for, to learn as it goes on. --- Ashton, have you begun Spring enough where you are so that the normal Spring weight loss will have begun among your ferrets? Is there also an increase in shedding happening, as happens in Spring and Autumn? -- 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 5181]