Karen- Have they ruled out renal failure? Maybe you're dealing with two different things... I'm so sorry-- it must have been awful for you. It seems ferret mystery illnesses keep popping up. My ferret Bean has now had two life-threatening illnesses, seemed about to die, and then just *got better.* The first was characterized by no stomach motility (as seen throughja barium x-ray) and slow starvation. The second we *thought* was classic isulinoma. Two months ago she started having (what I thought were) low blood sugar seizures: clamped teeth, near coma, staggering, weakness, retching,and weight loss. I started feeding her various herbal supplements every few hours, which kept the blood sugar stable. The vet took a CBC and she was borderline hypoglycemic (about a 65 or so.) A few weeks ago she started eating on her own, and hasn't had a seizure in about a month. I just caught her ten minutes ago trying to escape from the kitchen window... so she's back to her old antics. I have *no* idea if insulinoma goes into remission like this- spontaneously - but I'm glad she's over it for now. Weird. ---- [log in to unmask] Andrea M ----- [log in to unmask] Love to all weasels everywhere from the happy ferret house Whitman, Joon, Benny, Bean, Hopi and angels Frito and Kadi -Jumpier " than a ferret on a double espresso" - Dennis Miller- ----- "I've got spots, I've got .. stripes, too." - Ani Di Franco---- [Posted in FML issue 1696]