Hi everybody, I wrote to you because my little Winter that has insulinoma was fighting us when we fed her, she has been hand feed for the last 2 years and we thought she was trying to tell us to let her go. I received wonderful information from Zoos and was told about carafate and how ferrets with insulinoma develop ulcers and is very painful to eat, she also told me that over the counter I could buy Pepcid AC, 10 mg. crush one tablet & add 10 cc. of water and shake well. Draw 0.3cc's and carefully squeezze it into the corner of her mouth between the gum and the cheek , be careful the ferret does not inhale it. I took Winter to the vet with this information, and she prescribed the carafate along with amoxil I could see the diference inmediatly , Winter did not fight when fed, Zoos also told me that carafate can be used for ferrets that have been malnorished and that it thickens the stool when is runny, it is something that all ferret owners should have in their pantry, it has to be kept in a dark place. I was ready to put Winter to sleep because I did not wanted to see her suffer but thanks to Zoos and her great advice Winter iss getting better. So if you have a little one like mine there is hope out there. Don't give up. [Posted in FML 6966]