Hello all! I had a terrible scare tonight, Pharoh(my newly adopted ferret) had a seizure while I was scruffing him. I wanted to check out his ears to see if they needed cleaning and everything was ok at first then he started twitching. At first I thought it was the regular I want down twitch, but when I put him down he fell over and just layed there. I checked to see if he was breathing and it didn't look like he was (could have just been really shallow) so of course I freak out. I picked him up and patted him a few times and blew in his face(he didn't even blink) and his breathing came back(?) irratically. He just layed in my arms drooling for about a minute or so, then he started to come around. I took him to the emergency pet clinic on the other side of town and by the time we were seen by a vet he was fine-running around, wanting to get into stuff. (Just like a car huh? You have a problem then when you go to get it fixed it doesn't seem to be there any more) Anyway, she said seizures are rare in ferrets(I don't know how knowledgeable she was) and it could have been a one time deal, but since I've only had him 2 months it may be a regular occurance that the previous owner failed to mention or didn't know about. I'm taking him to his regular vet in the morning to see what he says(he is very ferret knowledgable, does research on ferret diseases-adrenal etc. one of the best in and around San Antonio). I really hate that feeling of helplessness. I felt that way when Booger got sick after eating a bug and was all drooly and lying around. Usually I am good in emergencies but I guess when it comes to my 'family' I'm not so great. Now my question, has anyone else dealt with seizures in there ferrets before? I think I might have seen a post about it some time ago but I'm not sure. Tavi is keeping him company in the new travel cage(since Jasper is a terror to him) tonight and then he's coming to work with me in 2 hours-boy that'll be plenty of sleep for tonight. And on the good side he has gained almost a pound since I got him! My best to all. Laura and The Troublesome Trio + Pharoh the ill [Posted in FML issue 2010]