Can't say that I noticed watery eyes as a side effect but a couple of years ago one of ours went on prednisone for a short while following prologned diahrrea for which other medications had failed. She proved to have side effects that included vomiting just after being medicated, and a loss of energy and desire to eat. While realizing there is a large difference between ferrets and humans, my daughter in law (who is an RN) showed us a list of side effects in humans for prednisone and one of the more common was strong nausea. HOWEVER, don't take this to indicate that I'm saying prednisone causes this effect all the time. It has been used on some of our others with good results and without any obvious side effects. (Also bear in mind I have _NO_ medical background myself.) ------ I have a sticky ferret! Our newest, now just six months and 3 lbs, decided to observe breakfast the other morning. In order to get a better view he climbed up the back of a chair so he could look down on the proceedings. This proved not to produce quite the desired proximity to events taking place and leaning forward didn't seem to help. Eventually and without further warning he leaped! Across the intervening gap, landing belly first on top of the plate of English muffins which were covered in butter and marmalade. However, this is where momentum came in to play. 3 lbs hitting a plate at a 20 degree landing angle doesn't stop. It continues along with the muffins onto the rug. Attempts to avoid a second bad landing result only in hitting the rug in a ball of muffin, weasel and marmalade. Hence my weasel is sticky. Even now, two days later, we are finding evidence of this momentus event. [Posted in FML issue 1652]