Hello Tony, I too have experienced the negativity when proposing the endocrine related aspects of hyper adrenal syndrome. My past posts were dashed with haste, discredited and shouted down as near lunacy. It is a good thing I guess, that someone with the right alphabet characters after their signature was listened to. ( Though this is not new news!) Now perhaps we can see some positive beginnings and education for our veterinary support on dealing with the affects of early spay - neuter and the management for optimum health with pet ferrets. Alicia Drakiotes, technician but lacking enough accrediatiosn to be taken seriously ! www.ferretwise.org [Posted in FML issue 5215]