My name is Becky. We have used the melatonin implant for several ferrets. In April 2010 our ferret Snowball receieved another implant. (not her first) About 2 hours later she was pawing at her mouth, gagging and not acting right. Luckily we hadn't made the 62 mile trip home yet. They told us to bring her in. This was the only thing she had had done so they took her in and removed it. We left when we knew she was alright. I emailed Melatek and told them what happened. I received an email back saying they had never heard of this in a ferret but would have the vets there research it. Almost a month later they emailed saying they found nothing. I talked to my vet the next month and she informed me they had had another ferret do the same thing only it happened almost immediately. She also contacted them and got the same answer I did. I have another ferret, Tucker, who has been on the implant over a year so he has had at least 3. About a month ago I noticed I could feel an implant under his skin. He had one 2 months before. I thought it was still working and didn't think much about it. My vet said if it was still there when I brought another ferret in for her lupron she would remove it. She had other ferrets who still had up to 6 still there that had to be removed. The other day I was checking to see if I could still feel it and not only was there 1 but 2. I took him in and while he was under for the removal they found a 3rd. She said all 3 were partly soft and hard. She is no longer doing the implants until the company can fix the problem. She has turned it in to the appropriate agencies. I am now giving the 3mg melatonin pills to my melatonin ferrets. Has anyone else had this happen to them? I feel I paid alot of money and don't even know if they got the full effect from them. [Posted in FML 6933]