hi all. got a story for you then my question afterwards. last week, i noticed that bianca, my 7 yar old fert, was a bit too sleepy so i went to open the cage (usually she wont hear me since sheis deaf, but she will feel the vibe from the cage). i noticed that she hadn`t pooped all day since i had changed the litter, but that's ok, i guess she just didn't want to go. so i come to pick her up. i touched her, and then again, she didn't wake up. so i pick her up and she then again she doesn,t wake up. i have had the DFS happen to me before, so i try to wake her up by blowing air in her face. nothing. i start to worry. i try scruffing her (she REALLY HATES THAT, with a passion), and again, nothing. i tried something jsut to see...i know ferrets noses are very sensitive, so i licked the tip of her nose, and again nothing. by now, it has being a good minute. at this point, i start to think that she is rally dead, so i put her back in the cage. i go get my girlfriend, and ask her to get the pet carrier in order to bring her to the vet to do a post mortum. we grab her, put her in the pet carrier and while putting on our shoes, after 2-3 minutes, she decides to wake up! can you imagine our reaction? what if we had decided to barry her in the yard? i wa so happy and so mad at the same time! why didn't she wake up after being picked up and manipulated many many times? so i guess my question is this...how do YOU wake up a ferret when they are playing that DFS trick on you? i cant wake her up with noise, she is deaf, and wont wake up while being scruffed (that was a first).i dont want to hurt her, but i dont want to bring a living ferret to a vet thinking its dead thanks in advance dan [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 3073]