My oldest fuzzy Sprinkles, who some of you may recall from a near-fatal distemper shot episode awhile back, has a recurring problem and I'm wondering if there's anything else I can do for her. Up until the distemper incident, Sprinkles was strong and healthy as a horse. (This is a ferret who decided she wanted the king-size goose down comforter to herself, so BY HERSELF she dragged it off my futon and halfway across the room, a distance of about ten feet.) After that incident she became considerably more lethargic and lost a fair amount of weight. She still plays and runs around and does ferret-y things so I'm not overwhelmingly concerned. One thing that she DID start doing immediately after the distemper incident was VIOLENT fits of sneezing. At first it was determined that she was somewhat allergic to the antibiotics that she was on, but she hasn't been on them for over a year. She occasionally goes into these fits of upwards of 20-30 powerfully violent sneezes. When they happen I will pick her up and gently hold her (I don't restrain her in any way) or put her in an area where she won't hit anything with all of her sneeze-thrashing. USUALLY she has a fit of ~10 sneezes and then trots away, case closed. Occasionally -- like today, hence this message -- she will go on repeated fits. It's 11:50am as I write this; 45 minutes ago she started going ballistic. I held her in the kitchen (which is warmer than the living room) for about 15-20 minutes while she sneezed up a storm. She quieted down a bit, so I defrosted some duck soup and gave it to her. She ate a fair amount of it, then curled up and went to sleep and has been quiet ever since. Usually as the weather cools down I give them some Vita-Sol in their water and increase their Ferretone treats as well. But poor Sprinkles sometimes looks like she's gone 10 rounds with Mike Tyson after these episodes; her eyes are watery, her nose is runny, and she can barely stand up because she's so dizzy from the thrashing around. I have a small space heater which I'm going to set up near the cage so they get a little more warmth, but does anyone have any ideas as to (a) what could be causing these fits, (b) how to stop them, or (c) if I can't stop them, how can I ease the severity of them? [Posted in FML issue 3628]