I want to thank all of you on this list because without it I would never have known what to look for to tell if my fuzzy had a blockage. Turns out, yesterday I was watching my ferrets in their cage and noticed one of them acting funny. Was lethargic, dehydrated, bleary eyed and made motions/noises like she was going to puke or choke. I picked her up and noticed that she was about half her weight. Just 3 days before she was just fine. I noticed that their bed was a little chewed up so I immediately brought her to the vet. In order for her to spend the most time on my fuzzy as possible, my vet didn't do the surgery until 3am! She stayed up, took her home with her when she was done to make sure she stabilized. Today I went to see her and she didn't want to eat so we're going to start her on our stuff that's KMR, Ferretvite and baby food. I get to bring her home tomorrow. She's got staples all the way down her body. Poor thing. She doesn't like having her IV because her whole foot is taped up. Poor baby. But she's pretty active. I knew she would come through, she's a determined fighter. So now I'm wondering what I should use for a bed. I'm thinking about just using a cardboard box with shredded paper/paper towels. We want to make sure they have something to curl up in. Not a real concern about being warm as I have already mentioned that that room is QUITE warm indeed. Again, just wanted to thank everyone! It was a good thing I had brought her in right away or she wouldn't have been able to operate, as it was she had to get her more hydrated in order to do it. [Posted in FML issue 2955]