Hi Just another note from an Australian Ferret owner.. This distemper thread and distemper shots problem, has seriously freaked me out... mostly because we have never heard of the problem down here.. but we (Australians) are only a late entry in the "ferrets for pets" type arena... though we have used ferrets for 100s of years for rabbiting my wife is a Vet nurse in training, and she says she has never heard of anything like this down here.. so we are going to look into it for you guys.. her initial thoughts are "overdosing.." ? but that was just a first thought....she is going to ask about it in the next few days to see how we are coping and what our solutions ( if any ) are just a thought.. Darrin [Posted in FML issue 4618]