Dear Christine: >I have IBD myself (It _IS_ Inflammatory Bowel Disorder, right? it would be >funny if I said I had it and it was something else that only ferrets get). >I take a mild sort of muscle relaxer called "Lomotil". If I have really >bad problems sometimes I take Phenergan (sp?) sometimes in Codeine syrup >which I dunno if ferrets can have but soemtimes in suppositories (*blush*). >Would any of those work on ferrets in smaller doses than for a people? Christine - I think you are describing irritable bowel syndrome rather than inflammatory bowel disease - too many "IBD's". Irritable bowel syndrome is a condition resulting form abnormal contractility of the large intestine, rather than inflammation. The particular drugs that you describe would not be effective for inflammation of the intestine in ferrets - we generally look at antinflammatory medication, not muscle relaxants/antispasmodics. With kindest regards, Bruce Williams, dVM [Posted in FML issue 3256]