Hi Everyone, My boyfriend and I got our first 2 ferrets last July when they were 6 months old. Later in September we brought home a 9 week old little boy we named Cho. We love all 3 of our ferrets very much. This past christmas we noticed Cho was having loose smelly stool and was really lethargic. As soon as the holiday passed I called our vet, he was out of town until after new years. I didn't know where else I should take him, I really liked the vet we had and no one else in his practice treats ferrets. So I booked the soonest appointment I could, got some duk soup and pedialyte. New Years weekend I was terrified when I noticed how much weight he had dropped. He was still drinking water and eating kibble (totally ferret) and would only respond to his squeky toy for some feratone. Our vet said he had coccida and gave us albon to treat all our ferrets. Cho didn't improve. 2 days later we brought him back, there wasn't any improvement. So we x-rayed him to make sure there wasn't an obstruction. There wasn't. So our vet said it was probably a bug of some sort and gave us some flagyl to treat for 7 days and said to give him pepto and continue the pedilyte. 2 day after that he still wasn't getting better, so I called the vet and they were gone, out of town for another week. So I brought Cho to a different vet, this time the receptionist gave us the number to another vet. The 2nd vet check his stool, or should I say watery smelly green stool, and didn't find anything abnormal. Cho had a fever of 103 and at this point he was still really skinny. We did a blood test, the results came back normal. Cho's belly was really bloated and he was very gassy. We have been treating him now for 2 weeks with amoxy and baytril and for the last 7 days a stomach coater. His stool has gotten a little bit better, its really runny but is no longer green and smelly. Cho still is really lethargic. He seems more aware and alert. a week ago he started pushing his ball around for a few minutes a day. The rest of the time he just sleeps. This is my first ferret illness. Has anyone else gone thru this with your little ones? I really want our little boy to get better. He's been sick for over a month. If anyone has advice or a story to tell I would love to hear it. Thank you for reading all of this! Wendy cho and his friends riley and ahkee [Posted in FML 5502]