I had that happen once, but luckily Hilbert was able to wake me and
force me too get up with his gentle prodding, so obviously I was
nowhere as bad off as she was. Once up I could tackle the problem
(furnace malfunction) and ventilate. It is good to read of someone
else helped by ferrets when she also could not breathe:

http://www.eveningtimes.com/articles/2007/12/24/news/news1.txt

Ferrets make great heros.

Sukie (not a vet)

Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html

[Posted in FML 5831]