I went to a pet store for ferret supplies. They had one tiny girl, with a crusty nose. When I held her she wheezed and sneezed mucus and the shredded cardboard looking litter out of her tiny crusted over nose. When I held her right side to my ear, I could hear her wheezing. I bought her, and went straight to the vet. Her weight is 8 ounces. She is the tinniest, and youngest ferret I have ever seen. She has a sinus infection for which she was prescribed amoxicillian drops. She had a very empty and upset tummy - her stool was the color and consistency of smashed peas. She was given a prescription for acidopholis. WE (baby Heather and I) are on a schedule of finger feeding chicken or turkey baby food every four hours with pedialite water to drink. Amoxi drops in the am, and pm. and the acidopholis around noon. She is sleeping either in the hospital room (I hate the word cage) or on my chest. My three boys are gentle with her. Angel is a 2 pound, 7 year old marked white rescue I have had for 3.5 years. Bandit is a 2.5 pound, 3 year old dark sable and was a kit when I rescued him, and he is the acting big brother. Freddy is a 3 pound, 1.5? year old medium sable point I rescued exactly 1 year ago. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. If you e-mail me at Ferret mom MJR @ AOL . com, please mention ferrets in the subject line (or I might accidentally delete an unknown e-mail thinking it is spam) [Posted in FML issue 4592]