Last week I mailed about my ferret Ellen who had been acting strange lately. 14 nice people mailed to me directly and they all had the same theory, namely insulinoma. Thank you very much for taking your time answering me. My vet has now checked several things at several occations. Her glucose is always normal. She has no sign of tumors or limps or anything inside. Heart and lungs are fine. However, the level on her liver test is too high. We do not know why since there does not seem to be anything wrong with the pancreas. We have put her on a B-vitamin cure and a special diet consisting of high protein- high carbohydrate food. She has been fine since. She is almost 8 years old so I will not put her through surgery again. Now, yesterday my other ferret Pjatten , 9 year old male, became very sick and had a dreadful cough - sounded like he would suffocate. Emergency visit to the vet - guy has pneumonia ! Was put on med and today he is running around like always. His heart and everything is OK so I believe I will keep him yet for a while. Thanks again all of you taking time to advise me. Ingella Ellen , Swedish female ferret, digging her pal - big poodle Pjatten, Swedish male ferret, hating Ellens pal, big poodle. [Posted in FML issue 2661]