Thanks for all of the replies both public and private on my question as to whether or not others had observed a post-two-week rabies-vaccination problem - lethargy, not eating or drinking, with some later developing dark tarry stools, respiratory distress then death. No one who responded had observed anything like that, so I'll assume that what we have been seeing is stress related and that it has nothing to do with a peculiar vaccine reaction. The latest ferret to experience the beginnings of those symptoms (extreme lethargy and not eating) has, as ferrets do), rebounded nicely. He went from not eating the night before, to stealing french fries from my plate last night, and putting up a real struggle when I tried to take them away from him. (I didn't try too hard, but it makes them taste so much better that way). He's chowing down on his regular food, but still will be getting the Amoxicillin and Sulcrafate for another week. Dick B. [Posted in FML issue 1322]