The ferret had symptoms of a leaking overfull bladder that was only expressed in small puddles and never fully emptied, and has hind leg problems - both legs sometimes want to move both at the same time (the same step, so he's bunny hopping and falls over). I was told after surgery he might be weak but the symptoms have stayed with him since over three months ago. So basically, he lost coordination in his back legs and his bladder is not emptied completely. He leaks (not sure if it is from being incontinent or from being half full or full all the time). I try to feel the full bladder but I don't know what I am really feeling. This happened to him directly after he woke up from surgery. My vet sees him walk and thinks immediately it's a neurological issue. I told him he was not like this at all before surgery, and he doesn't say anything about that, we do an ultrasound, and him and another vet (with me present) see nothing in the bladder, no stones or crystals. Just in case there are crystals in the urethra, he gives me meds to acidify his urine. It's day three and nothing has changed. There was absolutely nothing suspect in his ultrasound so I'm not expecting anything to be fixed by it. He also has a hernia where a stitch was popped, and the vet says not to worry about fixing it. I am not so sure. I wondered if you have ever run across a situation like this. I am going to write on the FML but I wanted to ask you too since you do surgeries there. I'm not trying to play "blame the vet". I just want to know - since it happened directly after the surgery when the ferret woke up - what could have caused it so I can go about trying to treat or just understand it. I understand that yes it could happen as a coincidence but I've never had a single ferret develop hindleg weakness and an inability to empty the bladder completely just overnight. He also does not constantly search for a corner to pee in like a ferret who is blocked. I've had plenty of regular blocked ferrets that have had prostate issues, and they would often run to one corner, wait, nothing happens, then they run to the other, wait, nothing happens (this goes on for a while). He just never pees very much at a time. When he walks forward he has several smaller puddles that he empties out before he stops. Since the surgery his weakness or uncoordination is exactly at the same level. He has tried to adjust but he still falls over quite a bit and trips a lot due to the wobbliness. Laryssa If anyone else has had something like this happen, please let me know. [Posted in FML 6749]