Because folks have asked: it WAS a stroke. We eliminated insulinomae as a possibility when she started also having sycope episodes from her heart disease. Her pancreas is in just incredible shape -- pretty neat for an 8 and 1/2 year old, huh? Also, the effects were unilateral, showing in the back and rear legs of her right side, rather than being bilateral as bouts of hypoglycemia are. It was a VERY clear stroke. We have been through hypoglycemia before -- who couldn't after around 15 years of many ferrets -- and if it had even slightly looked like one sugars would have been tried, as they were with the first bout of syncope. This is NOT the first time she has thrown a clot from her heart disease being so very advanced (Few ferrets can tolerate the levels of Furosemide Meltdown has to use so she's alive WELL beyond when most would die. Right now she has 0.6 ml morning and night and 0.5 ml in the afternoon -- in addition to her other things such as digoxin, enacard, Nusalt, etc.) Her last clot wound up in the femoral artery but responded well to anticoagulants and massage. Our vet did a specialization in exotics at the Animal Medical Center. He VERY much knows what he is doing. Fortunately, Meltdown has very little neurological damage from the stroke -- just a tiny, tiny bit of floppiness when she raises her right rear leg while walking. It's so much not an impediment that she broke into a gallop the day after (something NOT good for her heart). Sukie [Posted in FML issue 1887]