http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=88329&provider=gnews

2 short quotes from the article:

>LORAIN COUNTY -- A Lorain county man says sugarless gum killed one
>of his ferrets and caused another to go into seizures.

> ...
>A veterinarian told James that the chemical xylitol used in many
>sugarless gums can be lethal to animals...

Sukie (not a vet)

Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html

[Posted in FML 5957]