Heather, >Abi and Sampson--kits with upper resp infection from pet store This is not uncommon for kits under the stress of a pet store enviornment to come down with an upper resp. infection. These are viral infections which can go into secondary bacterial infection (the antibiotic--sounds like amoxicillin--is to prevent a bacterial infection). I would continue the antibiotic for the full course. There are usually no long term sequella as a result o fthese infections. Ferrets can also catch the human influenza virus so its always good practice to wash your hands after handling them, when they have a resp. infection. Dr Weiss [Posted in FML issue 1322]