Whenever Meltdown's feet or tail (the latter still bald from her adrenal malignancy which was excised about three years ago) get too cold from her cardiomyopathy she thrusts them into our mouths. Anyone else encounter this? Cabinets: Our best luck has been with locks which attach to two door handles simultaneously. They are in baby sections of stores and catalogs. It was Oden (Wotan) who voluntarily gave up his eye to achieve a better good. Yes, it fits the ferret named for his son, Thor. To find out why our youngest four footed daughter has been sleeping with Newt Gingrich take a look at the catalog site (not our's): [log in to unmask] Sherry, having someone check into references and inform us clearly as to their content helps everyone. Wouldn't a magazine piece on the (rare?) heavily slanted articles in medical journals be grand? The writer could start by seeking out the ones you mention, talk about the contortions used to fit personal biases and interview the authors, then use the format for other articles and authors. Thanks. Catherine, folks of any age who don't fit the "perceived money" preferences get treated that way by mortgage people. We faced that 10 years older than you even though we put down 30%, till we began making pre-payments for our own peace of mind; then they assumed we gotten more income rather than having lowered spending. (We hate debt.) Thanks. We enjoy the Linatone and crushed pill solution. BTW, pill guns worked very well without any accidents for around 200 uses for us, but now Meltdown has figured how to tense her throat to block pills. Here's another trick: put a dollop of Nutrical on the top of a ferret's nose, and when it starts to lick that off squirt in medicine at the side of the mouth. Big thanks to Bill Gruber, who helps us continue to learn at such a grand rate even after this many years with ferrets. You're special, mister! Pam Greene's and Mike Dutton's points were wonderful. Given that there may be several types of adrenal disease, and given that in humans hormonal imbalances can be caused by severe stress situations (such as when my ovaries shut down while I nursed Mom through terminal cancer and cared for the family, despite my not fitting the groups likely to experience this), and given that I trust the shelter owners who have seen bunched occurances which differ from what many others have seen (for example, we have so far had excellent health from our M.F.s), I found myself wondering if there might be a certain subset of adrenal disease which is stress triggered, with some populations being more likely to be subjected to stress (one of Pam's points), or perhaps more genetically likely to respond poorly to such stress, or both. After all these years I've pulled out the stat and calculus books and am relearning as time permits in case I may be able to help Jeff a bit. If a type is stress related the shelter stats could be useful and might be a useful caution for vets to be extra careful with adoptees. Sukie P.S. Actually, ferrets are originally from Antarctica, but they tipped over all the native cattle, thus crashing the methane output and plunging the temperature, which led to their becoming emigrants. Want to fight global warming? FLO knows what to do. [Posted in FML issue 1743]