hi all, Couple things to say..... I'm going to have say my Vet, though not the most knowledgeable is more than willing to learn. I've found where i live knowledgeable ferret vets aren't a happening thing and many are just not interested or scared of them hhmmm. Anyways Dr. Doughlas of Central Oregon Animal Hospital has gone out of his way to learn. I got a couple babies from Petco recently (saw them and could not resist their charms) brought them home and all is well? Unfortunetly not. The kids were carrying ECE and gave it to my other two ferts. Of course I paniced. Then Dr. Douglas has no idea what ECE is. He ended up reading the whole Ferret facs page on ECE and is looking for Dr. Susan Browns book on ferts, rabbits and rodents. Good guy. He is helping me treat my babies and all looks like it should be fine. Now Petco is another story. I called them and all I got was "you can bring them back for a refund." Like they were a broken tv or something. I made it clear i did not want a refund or to bring them back, what I wanted was them to give warning to others who own or are around those who own ferrets about their babies being contagious. We can't do that. hmmmmmm oh on cleannines. Yes important. I have to say my ferrets cages are very clean and unsmelly (clean the whole thing daily, and not just the box, whole thing must be sprayed down, my messy clowns) but my carpet, which is only a year old, smells. Can't find anything to fix it. Their good kids and go back to the cage to do their thing, its simply their body oils making my carpet smell. Any body with any ideas? Sweet furry dreams Kristine, Bear (the big hunk of love), Sylvia (unrestrained spaz), Moby (mamas boy) and Sid (little s***) [Posted in FML issue 2456]