> > Last night my wife woke up to the sound of one of our ferrets > (a neutered male albino named Puck) screaming. When she got to the cage, > he was stiff as a board and appeared to be having some type of > convulsions; he did not respond at all to being talked to or held. My buddy Nick died last Thanksgiving week and had the same symptoms I took him to the vet a couple of times, but the vet couldn't figure out his problem until he had a few seizures. He checked his blood and found a high conc of urea. This piled up and pretty much causes their brains to freeze up and the seizures to occur from what I can gather. I would have your vet check his blood. By the time it occurred to my vet it was too late. Hope this helps Puck get better. I didn't get a chance to see what kind of treatment could have made him better. Mine fell asleep fairly quickly after the attack. I'd assume it burns up quite a bit of energy for the little fellas. > Good Luck Steve and Colleen. Hope Puck gets well soon. Let us know it goes Doug and Pauly [Posted in FML issue 1133]