I am having the worst day of my whole entire tiny little life and wanted to share it with you. I realize that not every one will understand. but those who do will in spades......................... I hate to say my favorite ferret, but........ my favorite little girl is seriously sick, of course she did this late Sun. anyway, she sounded like maybe a cold (I wish) but the vet said no fever no nasal discharge no sneezing etc. She does however have fluid in her lungs, a heartbeat almost to rapid to count with none of the natural "pauses" of a healthy ferret. Not to mention the labored breathing. So we must assume heart trouble, no murmer but.....we started the lasix and the thrumb? sp? duck soup, (crunching kibble when you can't breath is bad) and pedialyte. She goes in Tomorrow for the chest exrays and the ekg etc, the vet and I thought that a few days on the med. would help and give us a clearer picture of her heart when exrayed. It's not. she still sounds horrible and is weak and listles except for breaf moments of ferretdome when she cant help herself and she attacks plastic bags, then colapses in an out of breath heap. She is a female, 51/2 yrs old and about 21/4 lbs. I know others have had ferrets with heart trouble, and I know it is not good, can anyone tell me what to expect? Will letting her play even though it tires her out so badly hurt? Why is she refusing to drink any thing but eating duck soup voluntarily? Will she ever feel good again? or is this as good as it gets once this happens? What is the nicest thing I can do for her? Aside from the spoiled feet never touching the ground girl she has always been? cooler? warmer? thinner? fatter? what is best? Susan and her worried spitless six pack [Posted in FML issue 2883]