A few tips: your little one will have frustration. If you find very lightweight toys those will help. You can also suspend toys. If you can't find any then a bit of grocery store plastic bag sewn up in cloth is lightweight and makes good noises. Chiclet liked to be put in a crinkly plastic grocery bag and have us tickle her through it. A ferret with DIM will typically want to eat but have difficulty managing it. A soup, such as a/d with heated water can be given by spoon or dripped in front of the ferret's mouth. A great utensil for that is the dr. clown: http://www.healthaccessories.com/ezy_dose/spoon_droppers.htm To safely reduce fever: use a bit of rubbing alcohol on the paws. Cyndi, some of the things that have been mistaken for DIM: meningitis, ADV with brain effects, canine distemper, other causes of sepsis, Juvenile Lymphoma, etc. Rachel, lethargy and hind limb weakness are general symptoms which show up with a range of things, so finding the cause first is essential. Some common causes: insulinoma (which drops blood sugar), cardiomyopathy, infection, malignancy. There are very effective treatments to reduce the impact of conditions like insulinoma or cardiomyopathy. Your vet will test blood sugar, probably do a BCB with Chemistry Panel, and may image the chest, as well as checking anything that seems off on examination. MA vets for Risa: The absolutely best vet our ferrets ever had was Hanan Caine who moved to MA years ago. You can find him in the vet list at the FHL. It is in the Reference Shelf in Files. Gerri, thank you for your sweet words! Sorry this is so short folks. It is after 1 a.m. and I am a bit tuckered. Busy day... -- Sukie (not a vet) Ferret Health List co-moderator http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/ferrethealth FHL Archives fan http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ replacing http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org International Ferret Congress advisor http://www.ferretcongress.org [Posted in FML issue 5167]