Hello everyone, Finally, some great news! Thanks to all of you who sent suggestions on treating ferrets that have come down with ECE (Green Diarrhea Virus). Both of our 3 year old males are doing much better but I'm so glad that in those instructions, both posted here and the ones e-mailed to me, that you've mentioned setbacks in recovery. Kirby was the larger of the boys at 2 3/4 lbs. He is down to 1 3/4 lbs. but for a while he seemed so much better off than Bandit who at less than 2 lbs. lost more than 1/2 his weight. Bandit couldn't walk to the litter box in his cage and was unable to climb into the hammock placed only 1 inch above the floor (since they've been sick). With the medications (amoxicillin/and tetracycline), Pedialyte, and variations of DUCK SOUP, Bandit has put back on all the weight he had lost, his fur is shiny again and he's as active as ever. Kirby,however,had relapsed a little but in the past 2 days he is eating well again, putting on a little weight and wants to play but will climb back into the cage and get into his bed even if Bandit is still running around. These guys are smarter than people think.(Other than us ferret owners, of course! We know!) To all who are nursing your fuzzies thru this, be sure to continue everything (meds, liquids, and force the food, no matter what it is) an extra week or so after they seem OK. I found Bandit would only eat Gerber banana- pineapple dessert if COLD, and nothing else, until his stomach was healed enough to go on to moistened dry food with the dessert added. The whole time, Kirby got to eat everything Bandit turned down. He loved this except for chicken, they both HATE that. The people at the grocery store thought we had another baby with all the baby food we tried. Then Kirby stopped eating again and started grinding his teeth. The pepto-bismol worked great and now I own a whole bunck of pink dotted shirts. Maybe the pill form would have been better if I could have gotten them to swallow it. Good luck with the pepto! Our local vet hadn't heard of ECE and he is also very impressed with the support system available thru the FML. He now has copies of all the medical data sent to us by BIG and the others who have sent me info directly (THANK YOU!!!). He said that the hands-on feeding info is great and he'll make it available to others who may need it. My daughter and I are putting together all this data along with the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and placing them in all the pet stores in this area. Not one of the stores knew of ECE or any other ferret problems. I'm still trying to find out where people are taking the sick ferrets! Thanks for the help and for just being there! You are a special group of folks. We probably would have lost both of our fellas and that would be almost too much to bear. Our thoughts and prayers are with those of you with sick ferrets and to the ones who have gone to Rainbow Bridge. Bless you all. Bruce and the Maine gang. [Posted in FML issue 1638]