Fellow Ferret Fanciers, I have made a possibly fatal mistake that I feel absolutely sick about. I hope someone out there will learn from my stupidity. I have a pregnant ferret that is due next week. I thought I'd booster her immunity against distemper so she could pass it along to the kits through the placenta and latter the milk. What I didn't know/realize is that the distemper vaccine I have and ussually give to all my ferrets is the modified live type. This won't harm the mother but in the fetuses there is a chance that the virus will activate. If this happens, all the kits may die from the distemper. I hope someone will learn from my stupidity. If everyone all ready knew this, then flame away. The not so perfect ferret vet to be, Jenny Au [Posted in FML issue 0242]