Here's what we found during the necropsy: - Lucy's kidneys were enlarged, esp the left one, and were dark and congested. - Her pancreas was completely free of discernable lumps and was dark at the periphery but not within. - Her lungs were dark and congested, perhaps from struggling at the end. - All of her other organs that we looked at were normal, including her heart and intestines I hear this is completely compatible w real failure, and that failure was probably a result of the GI infection she'd had. Her GI problem was much milder than that of the other ferrets who died, and their kidneys were normal. But maybe she had a different infection. Does anyone have other possibilities for what this was? Do we ever need diagnostic facilities! [Posted in FML 5996]