thanks for all your concern guys. i'm taking belang to the vet again tommorrow evening and ask for an antibiotic shot for him. he's still pretty ill at this point, but not ill enough to knock my lemmings' cage this afternoon with his sidekick bintik (our bengal kitten)! i didn't know whether to be angry with them or not, but thankfully both lemmings were found and everyone's happy again.

i'll keep you guys posted. thanks again!