okay, this is my first time posting here so bear with me....First of all I am a proud Mom of three beautiful ferrets. My oldest is my "baby", a 2 year old female blaze, she was the first and really loves to be cuddled and held, where as the other two keep to themselves and are more drawn to their Dad. Well last night I had my first experience with this "coma-like sleep"... very scary! I had read about it before and knew in the back of my mind that it happens but when it did, my mind went blank. Buddy was asleep in my arms for a while and when I picked her up she didn't move, stretch, yawn, nothing....I started calling her name, still no response, I gave her to my boyfriend in a panic, as he was sat next to me. He took her while I completely panicked saying she was dead, needless to say I was on the kitchen floor sobbing like crazy when Buddy walked over and crawled in my lap, looking at me like I was a fool. While I was hysterical, she had woken up.....it took me a few minutes to register what had happened. I went to my "ferrets for dummies" book and looked up excessive sleeping and found out, what I already knew, that it was completely normal. I am still however very shaken up over it. I know, I must sound like a way too overly protective Mom, but it scared the heck out of me! I honestly thought she was dead. I guess what I'm looking for is some reassurance from a more experienced ferret owner who has been through this before, I'm even still scared to pick her up incase it happens again. Thanks, Krista Templeman Calgary, Canada [Posted in FML issue 4020]