My first ferret Snoop used to choke on her food, she would eat it so fast. I would hold her laying straight up my arm, and thump her on the back. The piece of food would come out and she'd start to chew it. (Gross!!) I always called the vet and they said that if she was eating/sleeping/playing/breathing/going potty normally then she was fine (this was 12 years ago, and she lived to be 8 1/2 yrs old). I've been lucky with Oscar and Miko. Neither of them has ever choked on anything. [Posted in FML issue 2647]