Hi everyone! I just wanted to commenton ferrets with ECE and whether or not they should be able to show. I attend shows with great enthusiasm about 3 - 4 times a year, not just to show, but to run a table for our rescue. Every ferret that has been in our rescue has been exposed to ECE. This has been since 1993. Before I took my first ferret to any show, I contacted a number of people(8) who had prior experience with ECE and ferrets and asked if I should show my ferrets and I was told by these people (two of which were members of the AFA, the sponsors of the ferret show) that as long as my ferret did not exhibit any symptoms of ECE in the last 6 months, that they were safe to take to the show. I understand your feelings about ECE, and I was not offended. But look at it from my perspective - we have ECE and the experts that I talked to about it said it was ok - what would you have done? I would never take a ferret exhibiting any signs of illness to a ferret show anyway - the stress would just make it worse! I hope that you do decide to attend the show, even if you do not enter a ferret. There are precautions that you can take to minimize exposure to ECE, and shows really are a lot of fun! As far as a snaggletoothed ferret, I had one - a little black sable by the name of Bandit. She weighed in at .9 lbs and had a broken lower canine. The canine was also angled out towards her lip, and gave her a perpetual sneer - hence the nickname "Elvis". She had a little indentation in her upper lip from the tooth, but I had three vets look at her, and they all said that if the tooth was not bothering the lip, and no problems with the area of her lip that had constant contact with the tooth, to leave it alone. We were lucky to have had Bandit for three years before she died from complications of adrenal/insulinoma surgery at age six - and the tooth never bothered her. I guess my opinion is that if the vet says "take the tooth" then remove it, but if not - leave it be! Lisa [Posted in FML issue 1851]