Hi, Just wanted to share a very frightening experience I had yesterday with one of my fur kids. I took Jonesy to the vet for his yearly distemper and rabies shot. All went well until I got home. I went to get him out of his "bye bye" cage and lo and behold he was limp and vomiting yellow froth. I grabbed him and raced back to the vets. On the way there, he stopped breathing. Being a nurse, I gave him mouth to mouth breaths. He did start breathing again and luckily for us all his heart did not stop. His body temperature increased to 104 degrees. Brain damage occurs at 105 degrees. The vet rushed him to an oxygen tank gave him a large dose of prednisone and a large shot of epi to get him going. He spent the next three hours at the vets. He is back home and almost his former self again. He is constantly eating to make up for the energy loss from yesterdays crisis. He also at times acts like he doesn't know certain people in my household. (Brain damage? I sure hope not). I just want to warn all you ferret lovers and owners NOT to get a rabies and distemper shot at the same time. Anaphylaxis can occur up to 24 hours later. Watch your babies closely during this time. From now on Jonesy cannot go outdoors. A bee sting or bug bite can be fatal now (according to my vet) since his reaction to the shots was so severe. Also, from now on he has to wait at least a month in between shots and must stay at the vets for several hours after each shot. Please take this warning seriously...I almost lost my little guy. Sue and the 5 furballs Jonesy-Hey I'm tuff and still around Fiesty-Watch, I can get out of anything Abigail-The one and only Templeton-Who me? Gidget-Hey I'm just a princess [Posted in FML issue 2729]