I am continuing to get messages from people who have insulinoma ferrets, and I wanted to say thank you again for that. Moogie started on Prednisone yesterday. For a ferret that just a week ago I thought wouldn't live past the weekend, he sure seems lively (I'm thankful to say). He's eating well on his own, as well as the supplemental hand-feedings, and each time I feel of his sides, his ribs are just a tiny bit less prominent. This morning, I got the first impromptu war-dance from him in probably a month! I'm still keeping him seperated from the others, except for a trial last night of letting them out together for a few minutes. Moogie had been excitedly climbing all over their cage. Then when I let them out, Tank went over and just barely sniffed Moogie and Moogie turned without preamble and sunk his teeth in Tank's throat! Tank is four times Moogie's size! So I grabbed my 'bully' and pulled him off Tank; Moogie was being more vocal than I've ever heard him (normally he's silent, as is Tank, my deaf boy who only hisses). The others quickly learned to leave Moogie alone because he doesn't want to play, and shortly afterward I put him back in his cage to rest. I'd like some advice on some other kind of high-protein supplement to give him. I don't think he's getting enough. He hates meat (cooked or uncooked), any kind of baby food, Sustacal and the other supplement drink that I can't think of the name of, and ferret food. He's only lukewarm about Eukanuba Kitten (won't eat enough to feed that alone, even if he's starving); he likes Purina Kitten Chow (*gag*- and it's not high enough in animal protein anyway) and loves dog food (which I refuse to give him). Any other ideas? I've tried a number of duck soup recipes, but as soon as I put meat, baby food, softened cat/kitten food, canned food, or sustacal in it, he won't touch it. I'm giving him his medicine (both Pred and Amoxy) mixed into heavy whipping cream, unsalted beef broth, ferretone, liquified ferretvite, and the tiniest hint of garlic powder. I put it into a little medicine applicator for kids that looks like an open-ended test tube with a spoon on one end, and he just laps it up out of the spoon. That also allows me to measure how much he is eating. I'm also putting a tiny bit of papaya enzyme in with his kibble, because someone told me that would make his food easier to digest. I'd love to go on about Pandora's exploits of last night, but I'll save that for another post- this one is long enough already! Vickie, Moogie, Pandora, Tank, Flower, Ogre, Subatai, Freckles, and the still-unnamed fish (and hoomans Seth & Tori + one houseguest for the ferts to harrass) [Posted in FML issue 2449]