Today my itty bitty girl added a few more grey hairs to my young head. Slinky is about 4 years old and 1.5 lbs of pure ALPHA. My friend brought her ferret over tonight and Slinky spent about 3 hours running around, roughing her up, and snoozing in her blanket. I scooped her and 3 of my others up and was looking for a MIA weasel when Slinky made a funny noise like a sneeze. She had just been running around and digging at my door like a lil brat moments before I picked her up so I didn't think much of it until I glanced down and saw my arm covered in saliva. I put everyone but her down and ran to the bright light. It the minute or so I had her in my arms she became a limp, glassy eyed mess that was drooling all over me. I flew downstairs and handed her to my mum while getting my BG meter (My big boy has insulinoma so I keep one handy). Turns out there's a big hole in the bag and the strips were missing. Cue panic attack 2 in one minute. I grabbed a jar of turkey baby food and my big syringe and got about 1/2 a tsp of straight baby food in her (She didn't fight it) before she refused and began to squirm around. I put her down and gave her a bit of vivify which she took gladly. She was moving around A LOT more and had a drink while I used the rest of the baby food and whipped up a batch of their soup. I got at least 2 tsp of that into her before I felt comfortable that she was back with us completely. She had an itchy fit and then curled up in a hammock with her big Roo as a blanket. She's had limp, glassy eyed attacks before but NEVER has so drooled, much less all over like this. The first time I rushed her to the 24 hour vet but she was perfectly fine by the time we got there because I gave her chicken baby food. The literally did nothing but take our money, not even another bg test. She's had her bg tested multiple times and every time it's been perfect. My Roo's BG has been down in the 50's before and was low before the pred really began to work. That's what is confusing me about this. Roo has never had an attack (Knock on wood!!!), but will get pokey when his BG is low which is what tipped me off in the first place. I had only had him about 3 months before he was diagnosed and he and Slinky were my first ferrets. I just knew there was something wrong with how pokey he was. Slinky is fine for a few months and suddenly out of no where one of these attacks will hit. The ferret cages are in our kitchen so we see them constantly which is how I caught the second attack. I'm just at a loss as this is nothing like Roo's, but her symptoms are like the attacks I read about. I've talked to my vet a few times, but we didn't put her on pred because her bg has been fine every time she's gone in. She had a full blood panel run last time this happened and everything came back normal. OH! About two months ago she began losing all the hair on her tail and she's due to get a Des implant VERY soon, within the next couple weeks but I will bump the appointment up because of this. Could Adrenal Disease be playing a hand in this, possibly? I'm hoping to get some input from people who have had similar experiences so I can throw ideas at my vet. He's very good and I trust him, I just want to make sure all my bases are covered, you know? Slinky is our little spoiled princess and she's so tiny... To see her just lying in my hands with drool dripping everywhere... I'm just grateful I'm usually able to keep myself together and do what I need to in situations like this. I hope everyone else is doing well and send warm wishes to you all. <3 I am truely blessed to have found myself in the ferret community. I have never known of such unity and encouragment among a group of such varied people before. I have met so many amazing people in the short year since I adopted my first pair- it's like I've found a whole family connected by ferretone rather than blood. Much Love, Lindsay, Roo, Slinky, Marley, Zoey, Capone, and Bugsy -Forever one ferret away from crazy ferret lady- [Posted in FML 6987]