Just joined the forum today, I got 2 baby ferrets on Saturday sept 6th. I took them to my vet today for their second distemper shot but they were out of the vaccine. They called several other vets that treat ferrets and everyone has the vaccine on backorder. I called Marshall Farms where they came from and asked about the shortage of vaccines and what they used. They told me they also cannot get the ferret specific vaccine (Purevax) and have been using nobivac puppey distemper vaccine with fine results. My vet has the nobivac vaccine and will use it but is cautioning me about possible problems.

I found on the web that the company that makes Purevax has stopped production with no know date of returning to production and possibly will not produce it any longer.

I don't want to risk not getting the shots for them. Has anyone else come across this issue with the vaccine not being available?

Thanks