This is heartbreaking. None of them were accidental though none of them were meant to be poisonings, of course, and all were avoidable. One of them had a bad ending but also a good ending because the loving person with that ferret is trying to teach other people how to avoid poisoning situations so she may save a number of ferrets' lives through education. The most recent involves Advil. So many types of human OTC painkillers are fatal for ferrets, cats, and dogs... Tylenol destroys the liver. Some others destroy the kidneys or the liver or both. I remember a time on Yahoogroups when someone wanted to use a med in that category on a ferret. I supplied links to many articles at the ASPCA's Animal Poisoning Control Center but others said that it must be safe because it is OTC and "just" a pain killer. The type the person wanted to use was going to be fatal and I could not do a thing about it... PLEASE, realize that there are many things which are appropriate for human use which will kill ferrets, dogs, or cats. Use the Animal Poison Control references and never (NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER) give or use anything on your ferret unless the treating veterinarian okays it first. That includes your own meds, over the counter meds, herbal meds, etc. To prevent accidental poisonings learn what you have in your home that can kill your ferrets. Use these resources: <http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison-control/> or <http://www.mspca.org/programs/pet-owner-resources/animal-poison-control-hotline/> or both Having just heard about this most recent one I am doing something very uncharacteristic for me after 10 years of people writing to me about heartbreaking situations. I am sitting here crying. Avoidable deaths are the most horrible and from the description I doubt that this ferret will survive, though I will hope to be wrong. There have been too many avoidable poisonings recently, and I hate hearing something when I am unlikely to be able to help, even by helping them contact the right experts because I can't turn back time. Addendum: Many thanks to Pam Sessoms who helped the treating vet and the shelter that was called in to try to save this ferret with: Ibuprofen toxicosis in dogs, cats, and ferrets Eric Dunayer, MS, VMD beginning on page 580 JULY 2004 Veterinary Medicine and Ibuprofen Ingestion in Ferrets: 43 Cases January 1995-March 2000) Jill A. Richardson, DVM; Rachel A. Balabuszko, CVT JOURNAL OF VETERINARY EMERGENCY AND CRITICAL CARE VOL. 11, NO. 1 MARCH, 2001 starting on PAGE 53 Troy Lynn provided sub cu info for the shelter person who is trying to help this ferret whose owner gave him Advil. 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/ http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html all ferret topics: http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html "All hail the procrastinators for they shall rule the world tomorrow." (2010, Steve Crandall) On change for its own sake: "You can go really fast if you just jump off the cliff." (2010, Steve Crandall) [Posted in FML 6933]