I may be of the small minority that uses pepto more frequently. When treating bleeding ulcers and sometimes after surgeries I do add carafate to the treatment. My personal preference is pepto as it has worked well for our little ones. There are definitely times carafate is needed and I don't hesitate in those cases. I use liquid carafate and our little ones don't care for the carafate any more than they do the pepto - and I can't mix the carafate with anything to cover the taste. When I give pepto I mix it half and half with heavy whipping cream. I pull up the pepto dose into the syringe then pull up the same amount of heavy whipping cream, run the syringe under hot tap water for a bit, then rub the syringe vigorously between my palms to mix it well. Putting the syringe under the hot tap water takes the chill off the heavy whipping cream and makes both substances easier to mix. If a little one seriously objects to this, I mix it in with a bit of their recipe. I prefer to give it about 10 minutes before feeding if possible. I've had one ferret that was highly lactose intolerant and the small amount of heavy whipping cream mixed with pepto caused diarrhea. Some like the pepto/heavy whipping cream mixture so much they'll try to lick the syringe or mouth of the little one that is taking it. :-) Remember, my group loves going to the vet so I guess you could say we are a little different. ;-) hugs to all. tle Troy Lynn Eckart, F.B.S. Ferret Family Services http://www.ferretfamilyservices.org http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~sprite/ffs.html http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Haven/5481/ Please sign up to support our efforts http://www.iGive.com/FFS [Posted in FML issue 4476]