DR. WILLIAMS I TOOK BUD IN TO TALK TO MY VET AND HE DECIDED TO TRY AND DIE IN THE WAITING ROOM. HE STARTED DROOLING AND EXPELLING ALL THE AIR IN HIS LUNGS AN D THEN STOPPED MOVING COMPLETELY. WE GAVE HIM PEDIAPRED(IV), GLUCOSE (IV), SAL INE (SUBCU) AND NUTRIACAL (WHICH HE COULDN'T SWALLOW). IT TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR TO BRING HIM BACK TO A POINT WHERE HE COULD PICK HIS HEAD UP AND EAT THE NUTRIACAL ON HIS OWN. HIS HEART RATE AND BREATHING WERE ALMOST NO EXSISTANT. I HAVE HIM ON PEDIAPRED TWICE A DAY (1CC EACH TIME) AND NURIACAL. HE SEEMS TO EAT NORMAL FOOD BUT STILL RUNS OUT OF ENERGY. WE CHECKED HIS GLUCOSE LEVEL ON FRIDAY AND IT'S AT 80. WE CHECKED ONE OF MY OTHER FERRETS AND HIS LEVEL IS 120. BUD HEART RATE SEEMS TO BE STAYING AROUND 160 PER MINUTE. ARE THERE ANY OTHER WAYS TO GET HIS GLUCOSE LEVELS UP? MY VET SEEMS TO THINK SURGERY MIGHT NOT BE A OPTION BECAUSE OF THE LOW HEART RATE? THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP ! HI EVERYBODY. IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE WHO KNOWS A GOOD FERRET VET IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA? THE STATE COLLEGE AREA? I BROUGHT HOME A FERRET LAST NIGHT. IT LOOKED SO HOPELESS AT THE PET STORE, 4 MONTHS OLD AND HADN'T HAD A BATH IN 2 MONTHS. SHE IS A SIAMESE WITH NO MASK. SHE LOOKS LIKE A SQEASEL TO ME. [Posted in FML issue 0874]