I live in Indianapolis, and we have 2 vets that are known to handle ferrets and other "exotics". One of them, I like and respect, the other, I feel is a quack. (I get the impression that my vet agrees on this point). The quack, told us that a snake I'd taken in was perfectly fine. She was so worked up about the bedding that the snake was on that I don't know that she ever even looked into our concerns about his mouth. The same snake was later taken to the new vet, who did find that he had a mouth, possibly systemic, infection. Snake is now on meds. Personal experience ends there. I've also heard that Quack has refused to allow ferrets into her clinic for fear of them brining in ECE. There is a reason for all of this background information. A woman that I know recently got two new ferrets. less than 24 hours later, her 6 y/o ferret started bleeding from his rectum, and was helped across the bridge a few days later. Now, the vet tat I don't trust says that the new ferrets were ECE carriers, and the older ferret came down with an extremely severe case of ECE; she's seen 4 of those cases recently. I don't recall having heard of bleeding from the rectum having any association with ECE. Any thoughts? I'm just trying to look into this for my friend. Not looking for clinical information, but just was this really ECE, or was the other vet using that as an excuse/cover for her missing a diagnosis in the older ferret? Thanks, Denise [Posted in FML issue 3627]