Hi! I thought I'd pass along a curious series of events that may be of interest to some of you. About a week ago, Sonic (my first ferret, who is now about six months old) suddenly began wheezing and coughing one night. It sounded almost exactly like an asthma attack, except that it continued on sporadically through the night. I was, of course, alarmed, but she seemed otherwise her usual self and so I decided to try to get the vet to see her the morning (which was Saturday). Saturday morning, she was still wheezing, so I called and they were kind enough to see her immediately. Of course, when we got into the office, she refused to do anything except look exactly like a ferret in _perfect_ health. (grrrrr . . .) The vet did a pretty thorough exam and found nothing wrong at all, but gave her two weeks of antibiotics in case it was a mild upper respiratory infection and asked me to bring her back in if it continued. She improved quickly and a day later there was no more wheezing. Until yesterday (about a week later). Anyway, to wind this up as quickly as possible, I have discovered that it seems to start up whenever I use baking soda on the carpet to get rid of the odor where Sunny (younger carpet shark) has had the occasional accident. Sunny has no problems with it, and Sonic wheezes pretty much continually when she's in the same apartment with it (not just when she's sniffing around it to see what it is). Sonic's wheezing problem dissappears within a half hour of vaccuuming the stuff up. Does this indicate that she's alergic to the stuff, or is it probably just a lingering irritation from getting the stuff up her nose? Thanks, Pam, Sonic, and Sunny [Posted in FML issue 0788]