A question or two about ferret vaccines. I make my appointments very early in the morning and go 15 minutes earlier so they can be pretreated with benadryl. They are given their distemper shots and I stay about 20 minutes or so ( I live about 5 minutes away from my vet ). I have had some ferrets in the past have reactions as late as 2-3 hours later! so your ferrets must be watched closely that day when given shots and I suggest shots be given early in the day so you can keep an eye on them and be able to get them back to your vet if there is a problem. My question is, has a study been done to see how often a ferret really needs these vaccines? or how much vaccine is really needed for a ferret? and is a ferret's dose the same as a cat or dog? how long does the vaccine last in their system? curious. Eleanor [Posted in FML issue 4310]