Oh my yes, I have a suggestion! Especially if he is not to the point of showing blood (it would be blackish and tarry for a bleeding ulcer). Carafate. I canNOT stress enough how important Carafate is in treatment. You give it about 10 minutes before feeding and it coats the lining of the esophagus and stomack. It a clay type of material when you get down to i (I think) and it sort of patches up any lesions/holes on top of the coating it does. Its like filling pot holes and bandaging open sores. That way while he eats and shortly after pain is diminished quite a bit. Its harmless so you could give it often in between eating if I remember correctly. I'm sorry the Bactrim and Amoxy didn't work. That is the easiest on a ferret. Flagyl can actually stress a ferret badly because they act like it burns them or something, plus it has to be given for such a long period. But in the end, that is the drug of choice. I hope someone come forward with something that relieves pain better than Carafate. I haven't heard of any advances there. Why dont they have any sort of medicine for animals (for the pain) that is like what humans take? So sad there is none that I know of. Wolfy [Posted in FML 7443]