I am beside myself with worry, and hope someone can recommend something. Our two 4 yr. olds, Shawn and Rosie, have never had a sick day in their lives. Until 2 weeks ago. We decided to let ferret math hit our house, and brought 2 beautiful kits into our home. We were prepared to take things slowly, and had the new guys upstairs, on a separate floor from the old ones. The old guys only saw them once, very briefly, but little Rosie was instantly upset, peeing all over the place. She immediately stopped eating that day. Within 2 days, Shawn had stopped, too. Both had green diarrhea. We took them to our vet, who is supposed to be a specialist with exotics and ferrets. He said to keep them off solid food for a while, force-feed duck soup, and put them on antibiotics for 7 days and pepto for 3. Within 3 days, they were looking and acting much better, eating and drinking on their own, and their poop was almost normal. We had to leave for 5 days (a pre-scheduled trip), but had several folks watching all the critters. Shawn and Rose did fine for a few days, and then it started all over again. We took them back to the vet because they had lost more weight, and for the first time we could feel their ribs. Went to visit today, they are still refusing food, getting liquids subQ, and are going on IV fluids. They look horrible, and I haven't stopped crying since. All tests are negative. I am frantic for a solution! Note: Shawn did throw up the week before the new guys came in (first time ever). Any ideas would be appreciated. Also, I am not totally happy with my current vet, and would like recommendations for a ferret vet in the Syracuse NY area. Please help! Thanks, Joanne [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 2962]