I am so sorry to hear of your loss, Heather. I understand all too well how you feel, since I have just lost 2 fuzzies in 2 weeks. Rascal was a third-hand ferret to us, and best we could tell he was more than 7 years old. We had to have him put down due to cardiomyopathy and liver enlargement/failure. Just 2 days ago we lost Oliver, another little old fert-man who was around 7 also. He had been to the vet a week ago for diarrhea and weight loss. She did a blood work-up and said that he had remarkable results for a "90 year old little man" and started him on Albon for what she suspected was a bacterial infection. He started having those horrible seizures you spoke of on Saturday and died Saturday night. After having as many as 8 ferrets at one time, we now only have one, Tubby. He's only 2 and so far seems to be totally oblivious to the fact that he's alone. I think maybe it's due to his being so much younger than Rascal and Oliver. He's probably thinking, "Those old geezers never played with me anyway!" : ) Take care, Rhea & Chubby Tubby Missing Squirt, Rikki Tikki, Cocoa, Bear, Baby, Taz, Uma, Rising Moon, Lucy, Chessie, Rascal & Oliver [Posted in FML issue 4824]