Your list about vax precautions is good, but there are still some things that need to be added; more precautions that vets and owners should take. I have read a number of times about (serious) reactions taking place as long as three hours afterwards. It seems to me that waiting 30 minutes, or even an hour, is just too short a time. One reaction happened an hour and a half later, as they were on their way home, halfway between the vet's office and their home. *IF* I ever do get mine vaccinated, we WILL be there a solid three hours afterwards, period. We may not be right there in the vet office, but we will be right outside in the car, or somewhere within close running distance. A friend, who's ferret had a strong reaction within one minute of getting the shot, told of the vet wasting precious seconds frantically flipping through a reference book looking for the proper weight to med ratio for the antidote to the reaction. It should be standard operating procedure to already have ALL that looked up beforehand. The ferret owner should insist on that ahead of time, as well as making sure that ALL the needed EMERGENCY meds and preparations be on hand and readily accessible, before even thinking of actually administering the vaccination. I don't mean that they should actually fill the syringe(s) with the antidotes, but it wouldn't hurt to have them sitting right there, just in case. Gary [Posted in FML issue 4310]