I have one ferret with insulinoma, she's had two major crises and three minor ones in the last week. I have another ferret that has what is more than likely ECE considering the yellow diarrhea and forced feedings for the past two weeks (he will *not* eat on his own). I am beginning to panic, because as I understand it, ferrets with a preexisting medical condition fare far worse with ECE than those without preexisting problems. She is showing the first signs of ECE(?)--greenish puffy poop. She is an absolute sweetheart and I do not want to see her suffer and/or die. The problem is that I have to work and can only feed three times per day--once at 6:30 a.m., once at 4:30 p.m. and again at 12:00 a.m. Is that going to be enough for an insulinomic ferret with ECE(?) ? I am already frazzled by having to deal with *one* ferret that won't eat, and it takes about 1/2 hour to get him to eat 30 cc's of food. What happens when the other 7 get it? Good Lord, it's going to take 4 hours to get everyone fed, so in other words, I won't sleep for about 2 months. What is the record for someone not sleeping? I might be breaking that record. How on earth do those of you that have more than 8 ferrets do it? Like I said, it's been two weeks of forced feedings for this little boy, how long does it normally take for them to eat on their own again? I am afraid to associate w/ a friend of mine that has 6 ferrets for fear it may transmit to hers, and I work for an emergency pet clinic that has ferrets come in ocassionally--how can I avoid touching them? I can certainly spray down with Nolvassan, but will that definately do it? I sure as hell don't want anyone else to have to go thru this--it's hard and tiring--just the stress of wondering if the animal is going to live or die. I tend to ramble and run on at the mouth when stressed. Sandy [Posted in FML issue 2399]