Hello, I'm Karie (a.k.a. Traveler) and I am new to the list. I am also new to ferrets. I am looking for more information about cancer in ferrets as my 4 yr old rescue ferret was diagnosed with Carsonoma of the Rectum, malignant. He was also severely hypolglycemic. Well, I had to choose today between conitnuing and ending his ordeal and I pray I chose correctly by having him put down. Has anyone ever had a ferret cry? I may be crazy but as I held him last night while contemplating what to do, you could hear him sobbing in my arms. Even though now I've made a final choice, I am still very interested in finding out if this is a common ferret problem? I have another ferret, Quinn, who is also approx 4 years old. He bounced through many different owners and the people I got him from cared so little they didn't even know what sex he was nor realize his lack of exercise (confined to a tiny cage for a year) made his legs so weak it took me over 6 weeks to get him to the point that he could walk across the living room. He is also blind in one eye, apparently a cat scratch or similiar trauma. I can also feel lumps in Quinn but understand they are *usually* insulinomas? He has no outer signs of ill health though. Ok, well maybe today I was just looking for a shoulder to cry on since noone else I know seems to understand how attatched we can become to our ferrets. If you have any information on carsanomas in ferrets, please email me about it! Thank you! Karie [Posted in FML issue 1810]