After reading the list for the past three years or so and lurking most of that time, I'm now in a situation where I need your help! One of my six babies, Alfalfa, had surgery last Friday afternoon to remove a large adrenal tumor. He was doing well right after the surgery - he came around and was more active than expected on Friday evening. But by Saturday morning he wasn't eating yet, and was less active. As of this morning (Monday) he is on fluids and antibiotics and has what the vet tech called "non contagious green slime." Whether that means ECE or not, I don't know, since she had no idea what I meant by ECE, and she said it was non contagious. I can't get in touch with the vet who did the surgery (and who is the only ferret knowledgeable vet there), as he's in surgery most of the day, and all I can do at this point is wait until he makes his rounds later this afternoon and does a full hospital report. I couldn't get a sense from this vet tech as to whether he'd deteriorated since yesterday or not. I guess this is the price I pay for going to a large hospital, no personal service, and the person I'm talking to doesn't know or care about my baby! Al is approx. 4.5 years old, and I know ECE at his age, right after surgery, couldn't be good. I'm going to visit him this evening after work and I'll find out more about his condition then. I'm wondering if I should make him some duck soup, or chicken gravy, or what do you experts recommend? I want to get him eating ASAP. I don't have the recipes for either one, so if you could also point me to them I'd be most grateful. A personal email to either of the addresses below (preferably both) would be much appreciated Thank you so much for your help, and for your good wishes for my little guy! Nancy Farlow [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 2768]