To Eddie concerning Nigel: Eddie - I don't want to alarm you, but I just thought I'd share something that a friend of mine just went through. She had a young ferret that her vet treated for an upper respiratory infection as well. As it turned out - the "infection" never cleared up and the baby got much worse. On returning to the vet - they diagnosed "pneumonia". As it turned out - she had some time of growth on her lung. They didn't catch it in time to see if they could save her. Please tell your vet to be *very* thorough, and to try to be absolutely certain that Nigel does, in fact - have an infection. Maybe the vets here could tell us more about the above situation? - Cheryl and the Wrecking Crew [Posted in FML issue 1634]