I was wondering how much *my* stress effected my ferrets. I know that their stress can bring their illnesses out into the open and speed them along, but from what has happened to my ferret home in the last month, I would have to say that *my* stress has sped along my ferrets illnesses. Until a month ago, it was a year since I had a ferret pass away. Without going into to much detail, a month ago a tremendous amount of stress was put on me. Since then, my Meeko (6 years old) died from liver failure, Tookie (7 years old) died from kidney failure, and Buzz (9 years old) died possibly from minnie strokes. I had an necropsy done on Meeko and Tookie and both of these problems were ongoing (not acute). I did not have one done on Buzz but from his symptoms the vet believed it was mini strokes from blood clots. I do have one more ferret Pongo who is presently sick. I know that I have been lucky to go a whole year without a ferret passing away, but three in three weeks is a bit unusual, and it's still touch and go with Pongo. Has anyone experienced anything like this before? [Posted in FML issue 3622]