Hello, FML -- There is no longer immodium or kaopectate in Ethiopia. My pharmacist told me that no one is importing them because "-- - -- -" doesn't support them. And "-- - -- - " doesn't support them because they are a luxury -- we are supposed to treat the cause and not the symptoms. If I understood correctly, "-- - -- - " is the World Heath Organization (WHO). If it is not WHO, it is a branch of the gv't. Words fail me, for once. I have some immodium from the 80's. Do you know whether immodium is one of the drugs that simply lose potency after the expiry date, rather than turn toxic? Second question. I have looked cheese up in the archives and it sounds as though cheese is an ok snack food for ferets. Is it binding and a possible way to reduce Rico's diarrhea? In case you want it, here is the description of Rico's symptoms I gave in an earlier post: - - - - - Rico's diarrhea continues, w no observable effect from 4 days of Baytril and 3 of Fortiflora. He is over six years old, and seems to have no other symptoms. Over the past year he has gotten weak and then recovered a few times. Each time we've see to it that he eats at short intervals and given amoxy for 3 weeks. Eating is no problem at all -- he is like a little machine when you put his face over a bowl of soup. The diarhea is mostly water, and a normal color. So I am going to try to give him some mechanical relief. Do you have any other ideas? [Posted in FML 6712]