Time is running out to make a donation for the ferret research funds to be awarded to Dr. Kiupel and Dr. Wagner at the IFC Symposium. I have sent the $100.00 as a donation that I offered as a challenge to the ferret community (April 7 post) whether the $100.00 was met or not. I wonder where the Scheidt ferrets would have been had research not been done on the H1N1 virus to determine what their vet was dealing with? How would your ferret's insulinoma be treated now without the research for prednisolone? How much would you be paying for adrenal surgeries instead of the use of the Ferretonin/Melatonin implant or the Deslorelin implant? How about cancer? Anyone able to save a ferret or gain some valued, quality time with their fuzzy because of the Tuft's protocol? Have any of you saved a ferret from the terrible reactions of a canine distemper virus vaccine because you had a titer performed first? If you read the FHL you may have read of a little ferret named Mollie who survived a VERY serious reaction to the CDV last Fall. We now know that most ferrets need not receive a CDV vaccine for up to three/four years after their four month vaccination, because of Dr. Wagner's Titer research. Dr. Heller's study through the AFA supported these findings. Will you use the GnRH vaccine to prevent adrenal disease in your ferret when the study is complete in another two years? Results are currently very promising. How do you think these procedures and meds were developed? Often ferret research grows from cat and dog research, but only with funds to pay for it. A check for $5.00 will become $10.00, $25.00 will be $50.00, $100.00 will become $200.00 with the IFC's agreement to match funds. Please consider a donation to help support research/continued research being done on adrenal disease, Aleutians, ECE, hypothyroidism, insulinoma, lymphoma and more. Maybe this work will be YOUR answer to saving YOUR ferret's life. [Per IFC announcement:] Checks may be sent to: Sharon Bearden, IFC 1245 Curtis Switch Rd Mineral Bluff, GA 30559 Or you can use Paypal and pay to [log in to unmask] Please note how you would like your donation to be applied. (Dr. Kiupel's reaserch or Dr. Wagner's) Also, please include how you would like your listing on the donors' page to appear. You can have either your name, a family member or friend listed, or the name of a beloved furkid or human listed as a memorial to him or her. Although donations will be accepted until May 30, the deadline to receive a listing in the program is April 30th. Feed rescued animals in two clicks http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=3 [Posted in FML 7040]