Hi, Have a problem with some ferrets. We own almost 40 ferrets of various ages and also operate a ferret shelter for ferrets in the Victoria area of Australia. 4 days ago one ferret, a vasectomised male, 2 years old, died suddenly. We found his contorsed body in his cage with around 20 mls of blood that had come from his nose. We did a PM on the ferret (I am also a vet nurse) and found that the ferret had completely bled out into his lungs etc. His liver looked abnormal but we were unable to locate any tumours or other obvios problems. We dismissed it as a once off. Today we found another ferret in exactly the same way. This was an entire twelve month old male, who had been seperated from the other male for the past 5 weeks. I have sent off his body to Pathology and am awaiting a result. If anyone out there has any information or experience with anything similar to this, or has any ideas, could they please let me know. The first ferret was slightly snuffly for a few weeks earlier, the second ferret was very healthy. please respond via EMail if possible as I have almost no time to read through the lists at the moment. Thanks for your help. Michael Curry, President- Ferret PAWS Inc. [Posted in FML issue 2041]