Vikki wrote: >I just thought I'd share the bad news about Snowball. We found him dead >early this morning. It is a mystery to us what happened. He'd been a >little sluggish the past few days, but showed no other signs of being >sick. He was eating when I checked on all the ferrets lastnight. When I >went into the ferret room this morning, he was laying in his hammock, and >his brother Marshmallow was pacing back and forth... I am so sorry to learn of snowball's passing - esp. considering I bred and raised this boy and his brother. I am heartbroken. I was wondering if you will be having any tests done - ie a neocropsy esp. I would be interested in finding the cause as I hope it was not genetic. His line has always been very hearty, healthy, and very long lived. Amy Flemming Flemming Farms [Posted in FML issue 2279]