We had a big scare Sunday night. Shortly after my son let the babies out for playtime, we noticed our little blaze(Mitsy) was dragging her hind end. She is normalled a VERY wired weasel. Immediately I picked her up and gently started feeling everything in her legs, feet, and lower back, expecting her to cry out if I touched something that hurt. Being deaf, she is VERY vocal. Nothing. All she did was squirm as usual. Back on the floor, same dragging. She was trying to use her back legs, but couldn't. Yet she was pulling herself all over the room on the carpet. As she did not appear to be hurting and acting normal in all other aspects, I decided to wait until the morning and see how she was. Monday morning - same thing. Off to the vet we go. Of course I am sick to my stomach over the possibilities. Our vet, Dr Edwards in Brockport, is VERY ferret knowledgeable. She acts the same way for him. I actually had to scruff her in order for him to check her out for injuries, and she was still squirming. She is the only ferret I have ever known that does not go totally limp when scruffed. He could not find anything either. They tested her sugar - normal(thank God). He sent us home with some cortisone saying she must have hurt herself. I gave her some and put her in the cage for the night as she was exhausted from all the excitement at the vets. I had rearranged the cage so she would not have to try to climb at all, and don't you know she pulled herself to the top? We have a 4 level Super Pet cage, so that was a huge task. Tuesday morning - somewhat better, but still a big struggle to get around. More cortisone. 10 minutes later - yes 10 minutes - she is walking across the room! Not her usually running and jumping, but not dragging anymore! This morning (Wednesday) after about the same amount of time - she bounced and ran so fast I had to run myself to catch her! I am going to cut her back on the cortisone starting today instead of waiting a few days if this is how she is tonight too. Their resiliance is truely amazing! Mitsy doll - you truely have a guardian angel watching over you! Lisa Trickster (Stinky), Pepper, Mitsy and Pristine I wish I were a Teddy Bear - Everybody loves them! Nobody cares how fat the are! The older they get, the more they're worth! [Posted in FML issue 4267]