To Linda Doran: > I have read reports from other FMLers about the clawing of the >roof of the mouth being associated with insulinoma. Perhaps Dr. Weiss or >Dr. Williams can shed some more light on this. As Dr. Weiss noted, pawing at the roof of the mouth is a sign of nausea in ferrets. I have seen many ferrets claw at the mouth following vomiting. I wish I could shed more light on this one, but I'm not sure why - bad taste? burning sensation from gastric acid? I don't think that it is specific for insulinoma, though... Bruce Williams, DVM, DACVP Dept. of Vet Path, AFIP [log in to unmask] OR Chief Pathologist, AccuPath [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 1292]