Happy fall to all of you! Lovely cloud formations and brilliant blazing red leaves on many trees here against the dark blue of the sky. I just came back from a lovely short vacation. The pet sitter did not give soups to anyone on my orders. Tuffy and Daisy are a little chunky already. Yet getting up yesterday, I heard a gurgling bone chilling noise. I found my 4 year old Daisy on her side with glazed eyes. She was limp. Her head lolled to the side when I picked her up as though she had just died. And she felt light..lighter than before I left for vacation. I placed her in a carrier, and ran around getting dressed while trying to pull myself out of being shocky. Poison. Poison was a possible explanation. Insulinoma. That was another. Poison. Where could she have gotten a poison? When I was dressed and ready to go,I warmed some baby chicken soup and took Daisy out of the carrier.. She ate the entire jar. Her eyes had lost the glaze and were wide open again. She could walk. It did not hurt to gently press her body. Her breathing sounded normal. Looking like insulinoma. Upon taking her to the cat/dog vet that had an opening, I asked for a blood glucose test. I called Zoo before I went to the vet. She suspected insulinoma. The results came back 60. My vet thought that was normal for a ferret. I called Zoo again with the results. I am so grateful for Zoo and her experiences. And I am grateful to my vet who is not ferret knowledgable. She is willing to listen and try things. If it had not been for Zoo, I would have left thinking it was just some fluky thing that happened to Daisy. Or I would have left frustrated. But luckily for me, she was prompt to help my trouble making beautiful silver mitt with jet black nose. The vet also thought to give pred instead of prednisolone. Then she thought giving the prednisolone once a day was enough. Once again...I thank both Zoo AND my vet. Zoo gave me the corrected info. as I stood there in the office. And my vet graciously accepted it. My thanks yet again to a most kind and loving ferret person. She has been a rock. Thank you Zoo. [Posted in FML 5766]