Well, Friday went to the vet again this morning for her snortling/oinking problem. It's the funniest noise - she sounds like a tiny little pig - but it's bothersome because it's persistent. She sleeps a bit more than usual, didnt really respond to antibiotics, but plays normal, poops normal, eats normal, has a normal temp, clear eyes, ears, and nose. However, she just runs around snortling. If you're holding her when she sniffs, you can feel the vibrations in her rib cage made by the snortling. Sounds kinda like slowly slurping the last bit of soda from a glass full of ice, and if it's a paper cup and you hold it, that's what it feels like to hold Friday when she's doing this. Symptoms: - intermittent by day, mostly - breathing occasionally raspy - sounds like it's in her nasal passages - makes snortle noises when falling asleep, so i believe it's not just a new behavior sound :) - seems to make her mildly upset, as drinking is slightly more difficult. The vet had *no* clue. He took another fairly thorough exam (part of which involved him letting her run around the exam table while he leaned close to try and listen to her and she occasionally tried to lick his nose), and it was obvious to both of us that not a darned other thing was wrong with Friday. It's not, as far as we know, an upper respiratory infection. Anyone else had this in their ferrets? Nothing changed in her symptoms after a week's course of amoxi, so we're going to shrug and keep an eye on her. Oh, and last night, Friday wouldn't take a treat - very out of character. Of course she was all OVER food this morning, though. See http://www.us.itd.umich.edu/~squirty/pics.html for pictures of this amazing piglet-ferret. :) Melissa ___ Melissa Litwicki __ [log in to unmask] ___ By the whole newsgroup devoted tennis showing it after scarfing fork and laughters [Posted in FML issue 1841]