Kim Burkard suggested the following questionnaire for the ferret mortality survey. Works for me. What do you all think? 1) Ferret Name: ______________________________ 2) Birth Date: __/__/__ 3) Age: _____ years _____ months 4) Is the ferret alive? a) Yes b) No 5) If deceased, what was the cause of death?: _______________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 6) Regular vet checkups? a) Yes b) No 7) Regularly vaccinated for: Rabies? a) Yes b) No Canine Distemper? a) Yes b) No Other (explain) a) Yes b) No ________________________________ 8) Male or Female? a) Male b) Female 9) Spayed or Neutered? a) Yes b) No 10) If yes, at what age? _____ years _____ months 11) Descented? a) Yes b) No 12) If yes, at what age? _____ years _____ months 13) Medical history. Please include any disease/serious sickness, deafness, blindness, tumors, surgeries, allergies, special medications, etc. Include the ferret's age where known.: _________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 14) Breeder or farm name(if known) or location of birth: ___________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 15) Color: _________________________________________________________________ 16) Weight: _________________________________________________________________ 17) Companion ferrets? a) Yes b) No 18) Living Conditions: a) outdoors cage b) indoors - no cage c) indoors cage - 50% or more of the day d) indoors cage - 49% or less of the day 19) State/Country lived in: ________________________________________________ 20) Ate what food(s) (list brands where possible)? _________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 21) Other: __________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Notes: 1) Approximate all dates and ages if the actual is unknown. 2) Enter dates in mm/dd/yy format, where mm=2 digit month, dd=2 digit day, and yy=2 digit year [Posted in FML issue 1157]