Hello all Some of you may rememember me posting about two weeks ago, I have a ferret who then was showing strange bruises, or rashes throughout his body. The bruises would appear and disappear in about 48 hours, with new ones appearing. I asked for any help on diagnosing this strange occurance. As it turns out Grunten was having a severe allergic reaction to some medicine he had taken, he was taking Cefa drops in late july, but before that he had taken SMZ TMP liquid for about a week the first of july. The vet believes that the reaction was to the SMZ TMP liquid. The reaction that followed was a form of hemophillia (bleeding problem) brought on by the medication ( he was given it while I was out of town). His platlet count dropped drastically, but is now on the rebound. he also developed intensely itchy skin and was acting exhausted. Now that the bruising has stopped we are finding another problem, and once again I am looking for suggestions. Blood tests show a rise in his blood cells that indicate a possible infection. We are trying amoxicillian, and have been on it for 5 days, but he's suddenly totally uninterested in food or water. He is being given a form of duck soup and pedialyte, but he's shows no desire for anything, he just lays there.(before he was eatind canned cat and baby food when coaxed) He doesn't have a fever, but between the meds and the liquid diet his poops are fairly loose and dark colored. My vet doesn't seem too worried yet since his blood count looked better, but I can't help it, he's my baby. Are we missing anything? Any suggestions? Any tests we should be running? Sorry so long, but I wanted to report what was causing the bruise like symptoms, in case someone else encounters it and also see if any of you knowledgeable people out there had any thoughts or if anyone has encountered this before. If you have please let me know how your ferret was treated. E-mail me directly at [log in to unmask], or write back here, I'll be watching both for replies. One final thing I live in Quincy, Illinois and was wondering if there were any more ferret lovers out there that live near me. Thank you so much, _Daphne and Grunten [Posted in FML issue 2436]