Hi everyone, Well I've been extremely stressed this week because my three little fuzzits have had lots-o diarrhea, some of it green, all of it seedy, so I feared the worst (ECE)- and today it was officially confirmed by my vet. They were apparently exposed to two asymptomatic carriers last week (new ferrets of my sister's boyfriends who came over for a play visit). These two are still asymptomatic, but all three of mine came down with ECE two days after the visit. At first my vet (a wonderful, caring man) thought it was either gastroentiritus or one of the helicobacter or camphobacter infections, but those quickly got ruled out with blood tests and stool cultures. I've been given amoxycillan to prevent secondary infections along w/ a small dose of flagyl and peptobismol for now, plus I've already made a pretty basic Duck soup (w/ soaked/blended Totally Ferret, chicken baby food, vanilla Ensure and Pedialtye)- they are amenable to this and will lick it off my finger, but they HATE the meds. Any tips on how to effectively get them to take meds besides forced scruffing? Also, my vet said to keep their weight up, try offering them another blend of stuff such as whipping cream, eggs, pureed beef liver, etc. but I haven't heard much about these things - any comments on whether this works to keep ECE babies' weight up? Finally, I would love to hear posts from everyone who has experienced ECE to see what the general results you've expereinced are (and what kind of meds/food/treatment did you give?)- I got the FAQ from Bill, and know there is a fairly low mortality rate and I want to make sure my three girls survive! I also heard that they can carry the virus for up to 6 months and to isolate them from all other ferrets for this entire time, is this true? Please post any and all suggestions, I'm an extremely worried fert-mom!!! Thanks everyone and please hug and kiss your fuzzies tonight w/ wishes for my Jasmine, Casey and Sammy to pull through!! Jen & her three "pooped" babies [Posted in FML issue 2049]