Hi all! I am writing with a follow-up on Meep. He has gradually lost weight (about 4 oz.) over the past several months. At first I attributed it to seasonal summer weight loss, but he never put it back on this fall and has continued losing weight s-l-o-w-l-y. I had also found him trying to vomit on three different times over the past week or so, but each time nothing came up. In all other ways he seems normal and active - eating, drinking, pooping. I took him to the vet yesterday and he did a regular x-ray as well as a blood chemistry work-up. The only thing that showed up was a slight suppression of the immune system which our vet thought might be due to a previous or existing infection. He had also discussed that Meep might have heliobachter (?sp) which is common in ferrets and could cause the symptoms he has had. He is putting Meep on an antibiotic for 10 days (I don't know which antibiotic until I pick him up). For those of you that have experience with heliobachter (?sp) does this sound compatible with your experience? Any other thoughts?. Meep is my sweet boy and I don't want to take any chances. I had also thought it could be a large hairball, but the vet didn't want to run a barium xray until we saw how the antibiotic worked and as Meep doesn't seem in anyway uncomfortable. Karla [Posted in FML issue 2534]