>From: "S.Hewett" <[log in to unmask]> > >I would be very interested to know if there were any reactions to >distemper vaccines before the ferret-specific vaccines were available. Before the ferret-specific vaccines I had 2 ferrets (male and female) who would have very bad reactions. Both would projectile vomit and wouldn't be able to stop without vet intervention. It's why, even now, I stay at the vet's at least one hour after their shots. I still do it with the ferret-specific vaccine and rabies. I live in Massachusetts and the vet is in New Hampshire, an hour away, so I don't want to be halfway home when a reaction hits. I decided last year since my reaction-prone ferrets were no longer having reactions with the new vaccine that I would give both shots, distemper and rabies, at the same time. BIG MISTAKE! I will never do that again. Both ferrets within 10 minutes had reactions, one just vomited and the other vomited and had diarrhea. Unfortunately for me I was holding him in my lap at the time. It looked like _I_ had the accident. <G> It's back to giving the shots 2 weeks apart. And the one that only vomited never had a reaction to the old vaccine before which I found interesting. And just recently I had one ferret have a reaction to a rabies vaccine. This was a first for her and a little surprising at her age of 4 1/2 years. Lisa [This post copied to Shirley who replies in this same FML.] [Posted in FML issue 4449]