I've read of fuzzies predicting the onset of seizures (which is great), but that in itself does not qualify them as a service animal. Just alerting to a seizure doesn't count. A service animal must be task-trained to mitigate its handler's disabilities. For seizure alert or response some of these tasks may include: 1. Finding their partner help during or just before a seizure. 2. Calling 911 (or any other appropriate number) via a special phone known as the k9 Rescue Phone. 3. By vigorously licking their partner's face on command to bring them to full awareness after a seizure, which shortens the recovery time considerably. Ava, my service dog in training, performs this task for me on a daily basis. We're still working on the first. Service animals have to be 100% housebroken, which ferrets aren't. And their's also the very real possibility that a ferret could catch something from being out in public. Personally, if my fuzzies could alert me to an oncoming seizure, I wouldn't take them out in public, simply for their own safety. Randie [Posted in FML 6987]