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]