I read the FML religiously, but perhaps I missed this... has anyone else noticed a definite increase in the number of reports of diarrhea in established ferrets after bringing a new MF kit home? I've gotten my third call/email in as many weeks for help on diarrhea. Vets can never find anything and throw the usual course of antibiotics at the sick ferrets. My first question is usually, "Have you brought a new ferret into the house recently" and in every case, it's been "Yes, we just got a baby from the pet store [two or three days ago]." And, they are MF babies or at least have the two blue/black dots in the ear. Except for the last one, which was just this morning, they are confirmed (symptomatically) cases of ECE. The babies are always fine, of course. There are additional cases of the same sequence of events that I have heard of from our shelter operator, but the details are not known to me. I don't want to implicate MF, but it sure sounds like they could be the source... or their distributor(s). The odds of someone carrying the ECE virus into pet shops all around the state are slim to none I would think. For the ferrets, Mike * Michael F. Janke, [log in to unmask] * Secretary, South Florida Ferret Club and Rescue, Inc. * * Visit our web site: http://www.miamiferret.org [Posted in FML issue 2336]