30 year old, Amber Brubaker, was overcome by smoke, and she and her 2 or 3 (sources vary) ferrets all died when she returned into her burning apartment to try to get out those ferrets in Kenosha County, Wisconsin. It appears that an electrical outlet ignited her couch. http://www.wsaw.com/home/headlines/34325519.html http://www.cbs58.com/index.php?aid=5124 http://www.kenoshanews.com/articles/index.php?articleNum=3817440 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 6153]