Whew, finally getting chance to read part of the FML 14 hours after it arrived. Not sure when I'll finish it, though. Today is BUSY! (Replied earlier re some private mail gotten from FML members because people should know that very few people who feed ANY choice of diet bully others about having different choices, and most are wonderful and gracious people. Don't ever be misled by a rare few into thinking others act that way!) Re: raisins and grapes: a few years ago there were two vets who wrote an article for Ferrets Magazine on cases of acute (sudden) kidney failure they had encountered in ferrets who had had too many raisins. How much is too much and does the juice pose the same risk as the solids? Is there a genetic vulnerability involved which might make certain individual animals more vulnerable? No one knows. What is known is that ferrets, cats and dogs have all gone into acute kidney failure from raisins or grapes. I LOVE Donna's freezing and labeling tip! Sally, it is very hard to balance the medical needs of heart disease and insulinoma. No matter how much experience a person has it is difficult. That is because the medication needs conflict and each is a potentially fatal condition. So, thanks for trying so hard for Shadow and be kind to yourself, now. Lori, with JL (Juvenile Lymphoma) you can very, very often find that the thymus is enlarged in a image of the chest. Hyperplasia can lead to a later malignancy (but does not always). That hard spot on the spleen is worrisome, though. Luckily, ferrets do well without spleens, but we sure to have it biopsied! First see what that chect image looks like. I hope that you can avoid JL; it's a terrible illness. Leslie, is the blood glucose an in-house one done by the vets? Were a CBC and a Chemistry Panel done? Imaging? Excessive thirst and sluggishness can indicate diabetes, kidney disease, and a few other things, even a transient infection. Don't beat yourself up, dear lady! Yes, Danee is GREAT! (Her food posts have been the best of the lot, too!) FINDING VETS (if you don't get the info you need) http://ferrethealth.org/vets/ http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/vets.htm http://www.ferretcongress.org (crit refs but there is a lot more there) http://www.supportourshelters.org (shelters and the vets they use) http://www.quincyweb.net/quincy/vet.html http://www.ferretcentral.org/for-others/db-vets.html http://www.ferretuniverse.com/index.html http://www.geocities.com/houseferrets13uk/Vets.html (UK vets) http://www.ferrets.org/Veterinarian_Listings.htm (British Columbia vets) http://www.ferretnews.org/clinic.html (California-specific) http://www.ferretsanonymous.com/medical.html (California) http://www.vetcontact.com/en/vet.php?k=91 (Specialists anywhere) You can also ask regional clubs, look in magazines, and do Google searches. 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 6064]