Last night I almost killed Spaz. I was kneeling down to clean up some poop and Spaz got under my knee. I don't know if she was trying to attack my feet or my dress. She didn't make a sound or bite me. But stood there looking very shocked. I started checking her over for injury and her back started rippling and she started breathing harder. I wrapped her in a towel and carried her to the couch to call the vet, when she got bristled tailed and tried to get away from me, then she acted like she was going to throw up. Her ears and nose became very red. The vet told me to fix a strong solution of sugar water and give her 8-10 drops every 10-15 minutes and message her, doing CPR if necessary. He said if there was no bleeding from the mouth or nose she should pull through. She had her eyes closed and they had the sunken dead look. She took the sugar water and by the second dose started resisting but swallowing. Her color started looking better but she still just laid in my shirt next to my chest with her eyes closed. After an hour I checked back in with the vet and he said continue the message until I went to bed and keep giving her sugar water every thirty minutes. By and hour and 15 min. she wanted to check out the pet carrier and went to the bathroom(no blood), she even drank some water. After and hour and half she didn't want to cuddle. I put her in her carrier with Syber. Syber was a great nurse and slept with Spaz to keep her warm. Spaz saw the vet this morning and he found that I squished her in the fatty part of her stomach. Her tummy was swollen and her vulva was a little bloody. She was given a shot for the inflammation and pain. He said I was lucky that I didn't get her GI tract. Everything else was fine. Temp. was normal. (Syber also saw the vet for a bump and was put on antibiotic for staf infection. Third time in 6 mos. to get that kind of bump. Probably caused my wrestling with Roulette.) I wanted to get on the computer last night and hope that BIG or someone was there so they could tell me what else I could do to save her. I would have but didn't want to stop the message. I can't believe that the pain was enough to send her in shock and near death. I try so hard to make sure they don't get stepped on or sat on and then I kneel on one. I am so afraid to let them out of their cages tonight. I know I have to, they have to be cleaned, never got that far last night. Hope this helps someone else if their ferret ever gets hurt and goes into shock. In case someone is wondering why I didn't see Spaz it's because I'm pregnant and can't see my feet. Otherwise I wouldn't have had to kneel to clean up after them. Minutes before Spaz was knocking over my coke and biting my feet under a blanket then boom! Near death. Angela [Posted in FML issue 3006]