HELLO!
 
HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS CONCERNING FERTS.  IS KITTYMALT OK FOR FERTS, AND WILL
IT SERVE THE SAME PURPOSE AS LAXOTONE?  WILL OVER THE COUNTER EAR MITE
MEDICINE FOR CATS HARM FERTS, AND WILL IT BE EFFECTIVE?  ALSO, I HAVE A FERT
(SPIRIT) ABOUT 1-1&1/2 YEARS OLD.  HE IS THE FIRST FERRET I HAVE OWNED.
CURIOUS ABOUT HIS BEHAVIOUR.  HE WAS VERY ACTIVE.  RECENTLY HE HAS APPEARED
AS IF HE IS DEPRESSED OR SICK.  RARELY PLAYFUL LIKE HE WAS.  LOOKED AS IF HE
MAY HAVE LOST SOME WEIGHT.  APPETITE DECREASED.  POOP IS RUNNY, AT TIMES
GREENISH YELLOW, AND A FEW TIMES RESEMBLES A COW PILE.  HE HAS BEEN EATING
DUCK SOUP FOR THREE DAYS.  SEEMS TO LOVE IT.  ALSO HAS FERRET CHOW, WHICH HE
MIGHT NIBBLE ON.  WE BOUGHT A SECOND FERT (O.P.) AROUND THE TIME THIS CHANGE
OCCURED.  I'VE HAD O.P.  5 WEEKS AND HE IS HEALTHY, AND VERY ACTIVE.  O.P.
IS 2 MONTHS OLD.  SPIRIT DOES NOT SEEM TO LIKE O.P.  HE RUNS FROM HIM OR
JUST LIES DOWN.  OF COURSE O.P.  IS ROUGH WHEN HE PLAYS.  SPIRIT HOLLERS
WHEN O.P.  "ATTACKS" HIM.  COULD O.P.  UPSET SPIRIT THIS MUCH?  OR COULD IT
BE SOMETHING ELSE?  BY THE WAY, WHAT IS ECE AND IS IT FATAL?  APPRECIATE ANY
HELP!
 
CELESTE, SPIRIT, & O.P
JONESBORO, AR.
[Posted in FML issue 1915]