I just went on a trip for 5 days with my family and boarded my Insulinomic ferret at our veterinary office to make sure that he would get his medication. I gave them specific instructions on what dosage he should be getting. When I came to pick him up, he could barely move. They told me that they had decreased his medication because I was giving him too much. He went from .5 mg twice a day to .3 mg twice a day. This is a decrease of 40%! When I picked him up they had told me that he had also had gone into insulin shock and they have had to give him sugar (I have previously never had to do this). I did not get a call and they did not call the pharmacy about this before they made the adjustment. I called the Dr. and I expressed how I was upset, and he said it was a misunderstanding and that it doesn't matter if they medication is decreased gradually or not. I was pretty sure that a decrease in the prednisolone needed to be done gradually, is this not correct? His Dr. expressed no remorse and did not feel at all that he had any reason to apologize. I'm hoping that he will start to do better again after I give him the right dosage, he can't even stand at this point and I'm so angry that because of their incompitance my ferret suffered and how arrogant they were about the whole situation. So my questions for you are: 1- I told the Dr. that the Prednisolone if decreased needs to be done gradually. He very much disagreed with me. Am I correct in this? Is there a reputable website that I can e-mail to him that states this? 2- Would you file a complaint with the minnesota veterinary board of medicine on this arrogant incompetant Dr? Thank-you all so much, I'm just so upset because he is so sick and I feel like it was error that caused such a quick decline. Thank-you Shanna [Posted in FML 5661]