This was posted on the adoption board of the Petsmart in Lincoln, NE, where I work: 3 ferrets need home ASAP - 2 NM, 1 SF contact Jamie at [log in to unmask] (along with names and colors, but not ages or a "price") You can also e-mail me for her phone number. ***** I posted last weekend about Kerby, a very smelly new member of the household. For any interested, he had a vet visit this past Thursday, and is scheduled for Adrenal surgery next Friday. To that vet visit, I also brought 4 ferrets needing Distemper vaccinations. One, Mendel, received a different lot of the vaccine than the others, and he had a VERY severe reaction. At it's worse, he was simultaneously vomiting, convulsing, and expelling increasingly bloody diarrhea. He was treated with epinephrine and Prednisone, and given fluids, after which he was pretty out of it. It's been more than 48 hours now, and he's not recovered. He is extremely drowsy, and has slept all but about 5 minutes of the past two days. He acts as if partially paralyzed of his hind end, and drags himself by his front legs. He won't eat or drink unless I put something in his mouth. He's gotten a little dehydrated, so I'm giving him water by syringe every few hours. I called the vet (who is ferret-knowledgeable) on Friday. She said she expected him to have trouble for a few days, and to "baby" him and call on Monday if he wasn't better. Has anyone experienced anything like this? The inability to use his hind legs is most concerning to me because I don't know what would cause it-- the meds? swelling of the brain? I don't know if I should force him to eat or not. (he was 2.2 lbs prior to vaccination, and has a little fat to get him by) We're coming up on what I call "vaccination season," where I'll have a good 20 vaccinations within 2 months. Naturally--I'm thinking of calling the whole thing off! There's nothing worse than taking a perfectly healthy animal to the vet and making him sick. Would it be advisable to pre-treat all of them with Benedryl (and can someone please re-send me instructions on how to do that)? Sorry that my posts are always so long. Thanks very much for all the responses about Kerby. Sincerely, Kara p.s. Looking to buy non-hanging sleep sacks...will search eBay, but if any shelters or folks sell them to benefit fuzzies, I'd welcome a link. [Posted in FML issue 3864]