Hello All, New subscriber here. Hope I don't mention anything common here. I just sent for my FAQ. First of all, I used to have two ferrets, until last Noveber when my buddy Nick left. He died from what my vet said was kidney failure. His sickness had progressed from what seemed like just a case of the flu, but he increasingly required more sleep. I took him to the vet twice but he couldn't find anything wrong with him. The difference between the two visits are that just before the second one he started having conulsions. These may have occurred while I was not there, but not sure. Took him in right away. Doc took some blood. Thought maybe had somthing to do with his thyroid. Brought him home that night had another convulsion took hi right back. Spent the night at the hospital. Next day, he slipped into a comatose like state. Doc said he had a high concentration of urea in his blood which could cause brain damage. I see we have some vets as subscribers. Does anybody have any idea what could hafe happened to Nick. Please respond. my address is [log in to unmask] As some of us know its worse when you can't figure out why they left. It ways such as this all it seems your able to do is watch them get worse. He was only a year old. My other buddy, Pauly, was my original. With him a second question. When he sleeps especially in someone's lap it seems he can only stay asleep for about 15 minutes at a time. He wakes up darts off and falls right back to sleep. I think he may have nightmaress, but my spoiled little friend shouldn't hae much to frightened about. Unless he has a recurring nightmare about the vaccum cleaner. Can anybody explain this to me, or does anybody else's ferret do this also. Sorry so long just started and had these questions in my head a long time Happy ferret boogien' doug and pauly [Posted in FML issue 1115]