Hi everyone! Today I post with a great big smile and wonderful news. I had posted a couple weeks ago about my little Nala being so sick. She had been hospitalized for 2 days to have IV fluid and injected antibiotics 24 hours a day. She had to be force fed soft food the entire time and wouldn't eat her kibble at all. She was so boney and weak. My vet told me that if this hospitalization didn't help, she was in kidney failure. I thought I was going to lose my first ferret. Well, she responded very well to the hospitalization. VERY WELL! She was great for a couple days - it was amazing. Then she became lethargic again for a couple days. We went back to the vet Friday night for follow-up bloodwork and on Saturday, she was back to climbing the cage, rushing to the door in her room when we'd leave, etc... She's gained 10 grams in a week and seems to be eating and drinking very well. I AM THRILLED and VERY RELIEVED! Her treatment this past 6 weeks has been so expensive, over $600. I am glad that I was able to get together the money though because it seems that all she needed was a lot of extra TLC. Also, she was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy last year. My new and wonderful vet seemed to think that her dosaged was too high and this was contributing to her getting dehydrated. We decreased her lasix to 1/4 pill once a day instead of twice. She hates the liquid and pees on me whenever I try to get her to take it. I have even tried putting a drop in babyfood, ferrotone, etc...she knows it - I'm telling you! The vet called yesterday and all her levels and enzymes are in a normal range finally. So....so far, so good. Thank goodness - she is only 3 and I know she doesn't want to give up just yet! Thanks for listening! Lisa and Nala [Posted in FML issue 2990]