Hi I have a 2 year and 4 month old male ferret named Vinyl Reign -- I took him earlier in May to get his shots and to see what my vet cold give him since he wasn't eating. The vet game me some green syrupy liquid to give him 3 times a day --- when I gave it to him he fused about spitting it out or hacking it up like a furball so I stopped giving it to him 3 days later. So anyways Vinyl still isn't eating and is very skinny now to the point you can see his skin draped around his bones. He does drink water which I now moved to a bowl since he bearly hols his head up. When he walks he drags his back feet and falls over withiin a few steps. When he goes to the bathroom and poops (when that does happen) it is a black sticky color like tar --- and ends up drying over his butthole. I blened some food and water and tried that -- he seems to eat a lil of it but not much. Im taking him to the vet tonight (5-26-98) but I need someone how knows about ferrets to help. He did get sick like this b4 but not this bad. I feed him Friskys kitten food because the ferretfood was too expensive here. Vinyl doesn't eat others food like apples and things -- he likes his treats but thats it. Its only the kitten food he eats. Also I was wondering what others use as litter -- I have been using Fresh Step (the non scoop kind of course) but I would like to know. thanks Jenna -- --- All my webpages --- Let The Good Times Roll - My ManBREAK Site ~ http://www.itw.com/~nada My BootLeg List ~ http://www.itw.com/~nada/BOOTS.htm Michael Hutchence - A Dedication - http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Strasse/7789/index.html Live_Inc - The Unofficial Edward Kowalczyk & Portion Sites -- http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Balcony/1358/ S O E R - Straight Out Of Ed's Chatroom Site -- http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Stadium/7836/ Dave Matthews Picture Site -- http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Arena/1763/ [Posted in FML issue 2321]