Hi All: On Mon, my 3 yr old Teddy was dx'd w/ insulinoma. He was started on pred immediately, & on Tues, we added carafate, as he began grinding his teeth -- the pred must be upsetting his stomach. When he was dx'd, my vet was quite stumped about something. In the past yr -- yr & a half, he's dx'd *4* new cases of insulinoma....as compared to only *1* new case of adrenal disease. We are a rural area, & I'm sure there are not as many ferrets as pets here as there are in other areas. Despite being a small town, our vet is an excellent exotics vet, & a long-time ferret owner himself. He says that the incidence of insulinoma around here is completely off the chart, as compared to how it was not that long ago. As for me, I've owned ferrets for about 12 yrs, 11 little sweethearts in all, & I *never* saw a case of insulinoma in my guys until about 3 yrs or so ago. Of the 11 ferrets I've owned, 3 have had adrenal disease, & 4 have had insulinoma....& none of those occurred, as I said, until about 3 or so yrs ago. I give the same care to my babies that I've always given, & haven't changed their diets. (Totally Ferret....when I make soup, it's just ground up, watered down Natural Gold -- I tried it once for their regular diet, they didn't care for it, so I started using it for soup, & they like it in that form -- go figure. Sometimes I put heavy whipping cream in it, & I usually also put a tiny bit of FerreTone in it, as well.) My vet & I are curious -- has anyone else noticed the incidence of insulinoma going up in their populations? It seems weird that the numbers, even in a rural area like mine -- are going up so drastically in the past not-quite 2 yrs. I wonder why this would be? Anyone? Lin [Posted in FML 7274]