>My older ferret, Mashka, had intermittent diarrhea for almost two month. >she had sometimes green and slimy/ grainy loose stools. She lost some >weigh and was sleeping all the time. I took her to the vet, he did not >find ECE but gave her Amoxillin, which was >not making any difference. Now >she is much better, eating well but still has abnormal stools sometimes. >Vicky. I would like to tell Vicky that I have had the same problem: it started in February (I posted on the FML too) for no reason! My 4 ferrets are well isolated from other animals or humans, but 1 of them started with occasional diarrhea as you described! There is no ECE here in Italy as there are no ferrets at all! I gave him amoxicillin with no results, I gave him Pepto Bismol with no results too! So I gave him Kaopectate and it stopped and then started again! (Also you can imagine how difficult it is to get these American brand drugs here ....) I got frustrated so I decided to stop giving him any medicine and voila' he is fine now! His appetite has never diminished though and has not lost weight! I think that it happened because of the weather (sound silly eh?), as we had some sudden hot days and probably he "felt" them! I would like to know the development of your situation as I am always keeping an eye on him! I read that occasional diarrhea could be a symptom of lymphosarcoma......... Ciao Roberto [Posted in FML issue 1941]