http://www.smartgroups.com/message/readmessage.cfm? gid=1423922&messageid=6545&startid=6550 If I understand right you are treating Badger with Gatorade, Ensure, and Gerber's baby food only. He has been having green muciod diarrhea with a "bird seed appearance" to it for ~4 weeks now. Assuming he has ECE, then there are a few things that can be added to your current treatment. Some ferrets will benefit from an antibiotic. There may be a secondary bacterial infection in addition to the corona virus (ECE). I would suggest amoxicillin (Amoxidrops, Clavamox drops) and/or Amforol. Some ferrets will benefit from a medicine to treat the diarrhea itself such as Amforol or Imodium or Kaeopectate. Some ferrets will benefit from a medicine to reduce the inflammation in the intestinal tract (pediapred or Flagyl). I do not recommend Flagyl or Pepto just because most ferrets hate the taste and struggle so much with them. It is unusual for such a young ferret to take so long to recover from ECE, so it would be worth doing another fecal check to rule out parasites such as giardia and coccidia. As long as he is eating well and not grinding his teeth or pawing at his mouth then Carafate or an antacid is not needed. If he does not like the taste of baby food then Hill's a/d is another option to try. Good luck with Badger, Jerry Murray, DVM [Posted in FML issue 4324]