Connie wrote: >Is it possible to confuse ECE with coccidia? Just curious if the >symptoms are similar Very good question Connie! Indeed back in 1997 I believe we had a coccidia contagion in the shelter. Everyone in our limited ferret community kept insisting we had ECE as the syptoms are greatly alike. It took a weel to ten days to get a diagnosis as coccidia are not always shed in the stool during fecal exam, and it took 3 tests to find them. By that time we had more ferrets ill so we ended up treating 26 ferrets daily with albon! Casper, a very ill intake had brought the bugs to the shelter! In those early days ferrets were thought not to be susceptible to coccidia-- just shows how much things can change in a few years! :) Alicia at www.ferretwise.org [Posted in FML issue 4557]