Dear Ferret People,
 
You have been extremely helpful & supportive as my ferrets & I (& our
not-that-ferret- experienced veterinarian) make our way thru dealing with
ECE.  Now I need a clarification.
 
We're a few weeks into ECE.  Diarrhea is *much* better & the nasty smell is
gone.  However, neither ferret is eating on its own; I am hand-feeding them
chicken baby food.
 
Both grind their teeth.  I am not seeing tarry stools.  But I should assume
they have ulcers, right?  I have been giving them carafate before meals.
 
I read back all my ECE information, but I am unclear about this: Are these
special ECE ulcers, and the response is carafate and otherwise just help
them get over the ECE & back eating on their own, or are they heliobacter
ulcers, & we should put them on antibiotics?
 
Thanks once again for all your help.
 
---Sharin
[Posted in FML issue 3305]