Hi! Stephanie with Ferrets Etc. in Colorado, just thought it was time I put my 2 cents in. Back about 1 1/2 years we got hit with ECE up at Christy house(she is the vice pres. of our club and one of the shelter heads) and she lost a few ferrets, lucky for us I did not get hit so we closed off her house to rescue and used mine only. The ones lost where all old and already immune compromised. Well about 6 months ago I got hit and she did again, some of here own got it for the second time and almost lost the fight. She did loss 2 of her own, unfortunatley and I lost 4 shelter ferrets and almost lost my Twilights Angel who was a year at the time. Well, we tried to direct all ferrets not exposed to foster homes, but some we could not turn away. just then a "miracle treatment" came along. At least we love it. It is called Colloidal Silver, it is a natural anitbiotic and seems to work great with the ECE virus. We started to use it right away and have not lost one ferret since we started to treat with it. Even the ones on the edge of life came back and are doing great now, I know nothing is a miracle cure, but this has worked for us so far. Now every ferret in the shelter gets run on it when they come in and we have had great results. those with no signs do not seem to get it, those with signs of it clear up in 24 to 48 hours and the real sick it takes about a week. Of course we treat with fluids and more with the real sick, but we love the Colloidal. I also bleach twice a day in hopes to keep everything under control, we can not close our shelter, but I will do EVERYTHING in my power not to put one at risk. Anyway just thought some of you might find the Colloidal worth checking into, if you want to know more about it I have the paper work they sent us when we where learning about it, just e-mail me if you want me to mail it out or if you want any other info. It is good on other things also, clears up ear infections, wounds, Our mascot Skittles had to have her spleen out and she gets it everyday to help her immune system. Hey it even helped a prolapsed rectum in less than 24 hours when nothing else worked. Until we get a cure this helps us and a few veterinarians out here are now using it with great results also. Stephanie [Posted in FML issue 1247]