HELLO! HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS CONCERNING FERTS. IS KITTYMALT OK FOR FERTS, AND WILL IT SERVE THE SAME PURPOSE AS LAXOTONE? WILL OVER THE COUNTER EAR MITE MEDICINE FOR CATS HARM FERTS, AND WILL IT BE EFFECTIVE? ALSO, I HAVE A FERT (SPIRIT) ABOUT 1-1&1/2 YEARS OLD. HE IS THE FIRST FERRET I HAVE OWNED. CURIOUS ABOUT HIS BEHAVIOUR. HE WAS VERY ACTIVE. RECENTLY HE HAS APPEARED AS IF HE IS DEPRESSED OR SICK. RARELY PLAYFUL LIKE HE WAS. LOOKED AS IF HE MAY HAVE LOST SOME WEIGHT. APPETITE DECREASED. POOP IS RUNNY, AT TIMES GREENISH YELLOW, AND A FEW TIMES RESEMBLES A COW PILE. HE HAS BEEN EATING DUCK SOUP FOR THREE DAYS. SEEMS TO LOVE IT. ALSO HAS FERRET CHOW, WHICH HE MIGHT NIBBLE ON. WE BOUGHT A SECOND FERT (O.P.) AROUND THE TIME THIS CHANGE OCCURED. I'VE HAD O.P. 5 WEEKS AND HE IS HEALTHY, AND VERY ACTIVE. O.P. IS 2 MONTHS OLD. SPIRIT DOES NOT SEEM TO LIKE O.P. HE RUNS FROM HIM OR JUST LIES DOWN. OF COURSE O.P. IS ROUGH WHEN HE PLAYS. SPIRIT HOLLERS WHEN O.P. "ATTACKS" HIM. COULD O.P. UPSET SPIRIT THIS MUCH? OR COULD IT BE SOMETHING ELSE? BY THE WAY, WHAT IS ECE AND IS IT FATAL? APPRECIATE ANY HELP! CELESTE, SPIRIT, & O.P JONESBORO, AR. [Posted in FML issue 1915]