Here's an update on Lee's ferret Ben, the one who had the accident with the windbreaker. Thanks to those who wrote with advice! In talking to Lee as well, she and the vet are pretty confident in the ulcer diagnosis. As a piece of trivia, Ben was named for Ben Carr, the guy in the Mighty Mighty Bosstones whose only job is to jump around the stage. It suits him :-) ---begin forwarded message--- Just a short update on Ben. I stopped by Angell Memorial to talk to the vet, since there seemed to be no other way to contact her. Since the x-rays were negative for foreign body ingestion, they're treating him symptomatically for Helicobacter mustelae infection (ie. classic ulcer) with Amoxycillin, Flagyl, and Pepcid. I know this drill well, having done it with a number of foster and shelter ferrets, and from my father's experience. Fortunately, I live too far away to have been drafted into force-feeding my father. Of all the things, common and uncommon it could have been, a stress ulcer, treated well, is very benign. I'll get another update tomorrow. If he continues to improve, he'll come home tomorrow evening, to his devoted nurse and his harem of sprites who seem to miss him, kind of. ------------- Regina Harrison [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/1083 http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Labyrinth/8096 ...melancholia, mon cher... [Posted in FML issue 3131]