Steve & Colleen Woodcock wrote: >So far, out of the 9 ferrets living here... 3 of the 4 males have had to >go in for surgery of one kind or another:... Do the males tend to have >more of these problems? Well, our sample is not statistically significant (only 7 ferrets so far), but our experience has been different from Steve's. All three of our ferrets who have needed surgery have been females: one spleen and two adrenals. One of these three subsequently died of insulinoma; the other two made complete recoveries (so cheer up, Kelleen!). The only conclusion I can draw from this is that the distribution of these kinds of problems in ferrets is *not* sex-linked, and that we and the Woodcocks have had random luck of opposite kinds. What do our vets think? ellen & the Gang of Four (Banjo, Rip Van Weasel, Mike's Fault, and Possum) [Posted in FML issue 1431]