James Cristea regarding Cody's seizures, Our good-old Swamp (a 7.5 year old sable male) was also diagnosed with insulinoma. Our vet and we chose a medical treatment since Swamp had an adrenalectomy (left gland) in April. He lost a lot of weight and had several seizures in April; in the worst case it took us about 2 hours to bring him out of the seizure (I even had our other ferrets say good-bye). Following are the things we have been doing and they seem to be working: In order to stabilize his blood sugar level, I feed him about every six hours. I keep a large stock of LUMPS ferret soup (we freeze the soup in ice cube trays). I microwave one or two cubes of soup for about one minute, mix the warm soup with one tablespoon of baby food (chicken, turkey, or turkey and rice for variety) and sprinkle in some brewer's yeast. I put the soup in a small saucer and put it in front of Swamp who is almost blind due to cataract. I dab my index finger in the soup and smear it on his muzzle to help him to identify the smell and taste. When I first started feeding him the soup, I had to finger-feed him the entire dish. Now he only needs my help at the beginning. (Actually the other ferrets have comecame to love this soup and these days I have to isolate Swamp so that he can eat until he is full. Other gangs finish the leftovers. Besides the ferret soup, I give him snacks (Nutra-Cal, one or two Cherrios, Totally Ferret) once or twice a day. I also give a drop of Linatone when he goes to the bathroom. He sometimes eats dry ferret food (the mixture of Purina ferret chow, 8 in 1, Iiam's kitten) on his own. He eats dry food if I dip each piece in water first to give some mositure to it.. While warming up the soup, I prepare the medication. I measure the medication with a syringe and dilute the medicine with lukewarm water. The vet prescribed 0.10 cc of Prelone and 0.20 cc of Diazoxide. I give Prelone with the 6:00 am feeding (I used to give him Prelone twice a day and reduced to the once a day since Swamp doesn't like the taste). I divide his dose of Diazoxide by 4 and give it to him right after his feeding. We haven't had any seizures for more than a month. He has gained weight (he has become 'round' again). Although his hind legs are still slightly weak, he has no problem to go to the far bathroom just to get a Linatone treat. He grooms himself and plays with paper bags. He doesn't climb the couch voluntarily any more, however, when I lure him with Cherrios he does climb the couch by himself. For an additional information, we used Linatone, strawberry jam, and dilute chicken baby food and egg yolk to bring him out of his seizures. Each one worked well except the worst case (a tiny piece of bread I started eating worked miraculously that time.) Just my $0.02. PS. I just realized that the latest version of the Ferret FAQ does not carry the recipe of LUMPS Ferret Soup any more. E-mail me if you need one. Mike and Yuki S. Busch, Ft. Collins, Coloradoo and 5 wonderful ferrets (Swamp, Nuke, Mythril, Precious Sneaker, and Socks) [Posted in FML issue 1228]