Since my 9 week old kit is (or at least will be) around a lot of ECE carrying ferrets, and people who own ferrets that have ECE, would it be better to let him be exposed to it now, or try to protect him for as long as possible (most likely 1-2 years at most)? I read somewhere that the younger and healthier the ferret is, the least likely it will be of the sickness being fatal. If the ferret has had ECE before, will it keep him from catching it again? Also, about the stumbly kit, he doesn't stumble anymore (I think he stumbled because he'd never been in a large enough space that he could run.), he doesn't run away from me anymore (he had just rarely been picked up before, and he wasn't used to being on the floor with some giant standing above him) And he now always uses the litterbox. The reason he didn't before was entirely my fault, when I bought him (from the petstore) I also got a litterbox (the one I already had was too big for his 2x2x3 cage). They were out of ferret literboxes, so I just got a small cat (or maybe kitten?) litterbox. There wasn't a hole in it, but I figured I could cut one in it. When I got home, I was just too lazy to get around to making that hole, he could climb into it easily so I just figured I didn't really need to. Wrong! After about a week, and trying all of the suggestions I got, I finally got aroud to making that hole. suddenly, he liked using the litterbox! Well, that's number 22 on my list of stupid mistakes I've made concerning ferrets. Take number twelve, Remember what I said about him not liking ferretone? Well, while I was trying to get him to take the ferretone(off of my hands) I had bitter apple on my hands. Sigh, that has to be one of the stupidest things I've ever done. -rrp [Posted in FML issue 3021]