Thank you all for my baby ferret's life. I've read the FML for months and have heard about other ferrets bad reactions to vaccines but I had never experienced it until last night. Snoopy went to the vet's for his 2nd distempter booster. He was given the Fort Dodge vaccine because I had heard about horrible reactions to Fervac. After his shot he seemed fine and we went through the drivethrough at McDonalds to get dinner. As we were leaving I was telling him how good he'd been when he started vomiting. Luckily I had my cellular phone (never used, only for emergencies) and I called the vet back. She started telling me he was probably nauseated from the car and to take him home but I remembered the list and how vaccine reactions can quickly kill (THANK YOU BIG FOR PROVIDING THIS WONDERFUL SERVICE AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE VETS, SHELTERS AND LOVING OWNERS FOR SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCES) I told her I was worried and was bringing him back. In the car I believe he was unconscious for a few minutes and I was panicking. I ran back into the vet shouting "he's unconscious", plopped the carrier on the table and looked down to his little face looking back up at me "Well I think he was unconscious. He was unresponsive to banging the cage and me shaking his little leg". To make a long story short he was given steroids, oxygen, fluids and epinephrine. He had bloody diarreah, he was sluggish, he just wasn't himself. They kept asking me was he himself. I said if he's not destroying the room then he doesn't feel good. After an hour and a half she said I should bring him home, page her with any questions or if anything changed and limit food for a few hours. He crawled into his hammock with Meeko and Percy and they licked him while he slept. This morning he is his jumping, foot attacking crazy self, playing with the dog and all I can say is THANK YOU ALL! Without the FML and the knowledge I've received from you all I might have taken him home as she first suggested and he most likely would be at the rainbow bridge right now. Thank you. Meeko, Percy and Snoopy's Mom Melissa ›Moderator's note: It's nice to see a happy ending. Given that nasty vaccine reactions are are always a (slim) possibility and are by no means limited only to ferrets I'm surprised at your vet's initial casual reaction. Or was that a receptionist attempting to give you medical advice? (Hint) BIG| [Posted in FML issue 1690]