Thanks again to the many who replied with help for my poor little girl who had diarrhea. Now the diarrhea is gone, but she refuses to eat solid food. While she was on the anti-diarrheal meds I started her on Duck Soup (boy did I go through a lot of Ensure finding a recipe that she would eat, adding a few raisins did the trick!) Now she will not eat her food! It is not as if she is gorging herself on the duck soup either. About three spoonfuls a few times a day is all she will eat. I try to get her to eat everytime I see her up and about. I have been home all week with the chicken pox (at 27 years old, can you beleive it!?) and have certainly not missed her eating any food. She went to the vet today and he beleives it is again an intestinal problem. (This is second hand, as my chicken pox prevented me from going the vet myself.) He prescribed 0.2 mL of Amoxycillan orally twice a day, for 7 to 10 days, and said to call him on Monday if her condition does not improve. He gave her a shot of anti-biotics and sub-cutaneous fluids and possibly some prednisone (again, second hand info) and she is actually much more active and happy acting since the visit, but still hasn't touched one kibble. She also does not seem to be drinking as much water as usual. Any ideas on how to get her to eat, or does she does have to get better before she will eat? She will also eat raisins (big surprise), yogurt and tang, and that's about it. According to the vet's scale she has lost about 2 ounces. That seems like a lot for a pound and a half ferret. Anyway, I think I am babbling, but any ideas will be gratefully accepted. Also does the dosage sound correct for the Amoxy? It just doesn't seem like very much in the syringe. Thanks in advance, Gail, Spot (the sick one) and Spike (the big fat goof) Gail ========================================================= | "All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost." | --J. R. R. Tolkien ========================================================= [Posted in FML issue 2233]