I'm sorry, Troy, that your adoptee got ECE after the quarantine. Oddly enough, mine aren't carrying the virus any more. No new ferrets (we've introduced one, met several) have gotten the green slime after having met ours (gee, i hope!) so maybe we're done with it. Mine have two pals (Sloan and Koko) they stay with regularly, and those two don't seem to have it either, even though they were clearly exposed to mine when mine had the slimies. My quarantine seemed to be about...hmmm... 1 yr, 5mo. Potpie, of course, still has intestinal problems. But boy! All of them are soooo sleepy and fat right now - Easel, Noodle, and Potpie *refuse* to wake up unless they're ready to wake up. It's very, very cute. Catherine: Potpie steals EVERYTHING. it is ALL hers. Will Mithril hiss if you take something from where she's hidden it? Potpie does. Hiss hiss hiss glaaaaarre, and then she scurries off to exact personal vengeance on something of yours. Funny thing, i'm really the only one in my house who lets her out (well, John too) and so she bites Neil and Brett - on the knuckles, her own personal reprimand. But if Neil gives her a piece of popcorn and lets her out one day, he doesnt get bitten for a week. Melissa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Melissa Litwicki "Is it ... atomic?" [log in to unmask] "Yes! VERY atomic!" [Posted in FML issue 1782]