From:
daneedv
Date: 2001-12-09 19:05:00 UTC
Subject: Re: (no subject)
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., cjbandit@a... wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a question, please. The other day my fiancee and I we're
doting over
> Fiefal while he was sleeping, cause he's just so dammed cute!!
Nick picked
> him up to wake him and he laid limp, not a breath or tremble
anything to
> indicate he was alive. I started screaming and crying at the same
time, I
> didn't know what to do, who to call and I started to panic. Nick
continue to
> shake him, wake him get some reaction.
>
> Finally Fiefal's eye's opened and he let out a big yawn, I can't
express to
> you how happy I was. It sounds dramatic because it was....
What you have described is commonly called dead ferret syndrome. Not
all ferrets do it, and some only do it occasionally, but it is quite
common, and not a sign of anything being wrong.
It can be quite scarey the first time it happens, though.
Hope this helps.
Danee