Sweet Pea is the 5 year old little girl I picked up in Columbus - believed to be a boy all her life and passed to 3 different owners before being turned in to a rescue. They had been calling "him" Buddy. She is flea free now but was suffering badly from ECE. Faced with having to be out of town for several days on business, I left her with my vet at a mere 5 ounces, eating no kibble at all, and some pretty ugly greenies in the litter pan!! The only "soup" recipe she would eat was Turkey Baby Food with a little butter in it - served on a spoon thank-you-very much. (Hey, at this point, I'd have stood on my head to get her to eat). Picked her up yeasterday at 7oz and poops that any ferret mom would be proud of!!! She continues to eat the turkey, but is also eating kibble on her own. She is full of energy and freely handing out kisses. This is the oldest ferret I've ever had get ECE - now I know why we've always been so very careful not to expose older ferrets and not recommend adoption to potential ECE carriers to folks who have older ones. This is a very tough virus!! I will continue to keep her on a different floor from my others until she is well past the virus symptoms - mine have all been exposed - but I look forward to her eventually meeting her 11 brothers & sisters!! [Posted in FML issue 3597]