Meltdown has been feeling so well that she overdid it with her toys and had her ascites blow up again today. She's now on 0.5 cc of Furosemide three times/ day. If she improves enough by tomorrow she will return to 0.4 (but she will be bumped back up to 0.5 if it does not hold). It turns out that Furosemide is not toxic, but there are related dangers such as dehydration and lose of appetite. Now it's time to ignore the books since they don't go where she is going and just try. Fortunately, she is a BIG drinker, and she LOVES her Totally Ferret and enjoys her other foods as well. At the Vet Hospital we found out that she now has TWO nicknames there: Wonder Ferret, and Energizer Ferret. We didn't know it before but it turns out that the way in which ferrets blow up so very fast with ascites is unusual. (It's harder to catch, but we think it helps figure out workable dosing so may be good in the long run if people have the chances to watch carefully.) She also did something REALLY strange: She once had to be rehydrated slightly in relation to one of her emergencies in the last two months, and when she had her bout of ascites today that area filled up with fluid! She filled her own hump! Really weird. Anyway, her ascites is going back down, and she is reveling in her perfume, and in all the attention. She won't like it as much when we keep checking on her tonight, though! Sukie [Posted in FML issue 1837]