Deperate to get our adoptables ready for new families, Ferret Friends reluctantly has started taking them to the best ferret vet intown for Fervac-D distemper shots. I took a group of three this morning. Only two are coming home alive. Big cuddly Zeus, who had surgery for a big mast cell tumor on his nose and also a rabies shot, couldn't take the Fervac, had the worst reaction the vet has seen, and passed to the rainbow bridge shortly thereafter in spite of attempts to save him. His cagemate also reacted but is hopefully ok. The little albino girl who also shared his life had no reaction. Tomorrow I am taking in three more, all about a year and a half old. I'll report after that. Curses on Merial for halting production of the Purevax. Carol O., Ferret FRiends of Tucson [Posted in FML issue 4614]