Greetings All... I wanted to get anyone's opinion about my oldest ferret's on-going medical problems. Winnie is about a 4 y/o MF femal who since I brought her home from the shelter here in Kansas City, has had three trips to the Vet for Diarrhea problems which have been cleared up (for the time being) with Amoxi-drops. For the passed few weeks now, she has been very lethargic and shakes quite a bit. She will play for a few minutes and then crash out on a blanket or anywhere quiet when she's outside her cage. At first I thought her shaking was due to her being stressed out while I was handling her but she does this even when she is lying down in or out of her cage pretty much all the time. On top of all that, she appears to be either almost completely deaf or going there rapidly! I thought perhaps her shaking and hearing loss and lethargy could just be old age but I'm not sure that it's not something neurological. I took Winnie (and Wylie of course..thier inseperable) to the Vet this morning for his opinion and after examining her, he could find nothing physically wrong with her. He suggested I get blood work done on her Monday to rule out anything else. I have to wait because he said Winnie would have to be anesthatised for the venipuncture, which is either gotten from her External Jugular Vein or a vein at the base of her tail!!!! Who knew? So!..........Ferret experts that you all are, I decided to seek another 3000 opinions and see what you all thought. Sometimes (more of than not I'm finding out) most Vets don't know or are not as well informed as most Ferret owners. I would appreciate any and all thoughts or opinions. I'm kinda getting scared at this point but I don't want to over react about what it might be. Pete [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 2558]