I have received a call from a lady in Minneapolis that purchased a baby ferret from a local Petco. The ferret had crusty eyes and she took him to a vet. The vet said they had seem some other cases recently and all the ferrets eventually died and they felt it was from distemper. These were all Petco ferrets. We just want to get the word out to Minnesota people to be on the look out. I would like to get more information and try to track the source of the problem. She also said the baby appeared to be only 6 weeks old, even though the certificate said 10 weeks. He still made the grunting noises that babies do when they are nursing. I'm just wondering if they could come down with distemper for being vaccinated too soon? Maybe their systems couldn't handle that first round? Thanks for any input. Any other states out there having the same problem with baby ferrets? Liz ...in the Company of Ferrets, Inc. www.ferretasylum.org [Posted in FML 5908]