I got Henry into the vet soon after posting my original message. The vet said that Henry doesn't have a lower respiratory infection, and probably not a blockage, either. He has normal poop. I'm supposed to give him a laxative and Benedryl for 3 days. If he's not better by then, he'll need antibiotics. His cough has always been intermittent, generally only showing up when he's really active or eating. Unfortunately, he didn't cough loudly enough for the vet to hear him, even though he'd been really moving around in his carrier just before the exam. I was told that I was right to bring Henry in, even though his chart probably has a big question mark on it. We took him to the clinic where we take our dogs and cat, but they don't know much about ferrets. My 4 other ferrets, Frankie, Mischief, Zender, and Todd, received their deslorelin implants from one of the top ferret vets in the US, but he's located more than an hour away. Randie [Posted in FML 7797]