Troy Lynn and the FML I just got a call today from a pet shop in Maryland who had a kit, then got in two more, and now a week later they all have ECEish signs. Their distributor is Mid-Atlantic, in Springfield, VA (about two miles from my house). The above ferrets are MF kits, but the distributor gets ferrets from all over, and I'm sure Canadians have been through their place. I have heard of too many stories where people bring home pet shop kits and they infect their other ferrets with ECE. NO FERRET SOURCE IS STILL A SAFE SOURCE. There is no such thing as a safe incubation period. If you have older ferrets, please refrain from adopting or purchasing kits unless your whole household has been exposed to ECE and is up to date on shots - or you are willing to do fluids and feedings. Yes, there are still many ECE free places, but the rate of spread is incredible. Three and a half years ago it was unheard of; then it was only on the east coast in 1994; now it is everywhere (and maybe in Canada, though I have still not heard of a Manitoba ferret coming down with it). Just be careful. I'm not one for spreading paranoia, but if you lost as many ferrets as I have in the past, and still loose one occasionally to this virus, and have to deal with it CONSTANTLY, you would be as wary as I. Pam Grant [Posted in FML issue 1584]