>Give the ferret 20-30 chest compressions slowly and then place your mouth >over their nose and mouth and blow once. Repeat this method until the >ferret starts to breathe. > >[Moderator's note: Please don't forget just how tiny ferret lungs are >when you try to fill them with air. Not to say you shouldn't do it... >just be careful! BIG] I'm going to second BIG on this one. I was taught how to do CPR and rescue breathing for a human infant, and even for a human baby you have to be EVER so careful. I'd think you'd be running an enormous risk of bursting the ferrets's lungs, and you would *without a doubt* fill the ferret's stomach up with air...possibly to the point where you would risk bursting the stomach, too. (Just a guess there, but anyone who has been trained in rescue breathing can tell you why people almost always vomit after receiving rescue breathing.) Any wildlife rehabbers/vets want to comment on CPR/rescue breaths for animals? - Megan -- Megan O'Shaughnessy, D.C. | North Cascades Chiropractic Clinic 360-853-9023 | Concrete, WA [Posted in FML issue 2594]