Hi All, I am feeling very upset at this but Lightstar seems ill once again. I will take him to the vet today but wanted to get any and all advice I can from the DOCS here and anyone else having gone thru this. If you recall Light had a very large spleen removed about a month ago. I realized he was ill because he began to attack other ferrets with a vengeance and he seemed to told me in his way that his tummy hurt when I picked him up. Now he is attacking once again and when I scruffed him for it the skin stayed up so he seems to be quite dehydrated. I fed him water thru a syringe and he drank a fair amount. My main question is to the DOCS. Is there a test or many that could be run to rule out other things and what are they called exactly? I believe there is a test for the cancers, adrenal disease, and others too. Please let me know what they are called and if any of you DOCS would correspond with my doc please e-mail me for his e-mail address and phone number here in Boise. THANKS to everyone. Light needs you. ***************************************************** * Kelleen & The INSANE Animal House * * [log in to unmask] * * President & Founder of * F.A.N.G.* * * (Ferret Association of Neverending Glee) * * Location : Boise, Idaho * ***************************************************** * I'll take a good animal over a good mate anyday! * * All they want is lots of love and great chow. * ***************************************************** * Idiocy is our only option! * * Dustin Hoffman from movie Outbreak * ***************************************************** [Posted in FML issue 1469]