My 4 month old hob, Gator just came home from the hospital. He had diarrhea for a few weeks. He was on a couple of different medications, the just Amoxi. That didn't help so he was put on Amoxi, Pepto Bismo, & Metronidazole. After a week he still wasn't better. He had lost weight & by now was getting lethargic a little bit. He was still eating & drinking good. In fact it seemed like he was eating a lot more than the others. He had barium X-rays yesterday & everything was ok. On his blood test it showed his white cell count was a little low, but not bad. I'm sorry but I don't have the paper work so can't give numbers. In fact I'm not even sure what tests were run today because I wasn't the one that picked him up. I am told that he has Lymphocytes in his blood. The only way to tell for sure if he has Lymphoma is to operate & do a biopsy. Now he is only 4 months old. My question is, how likely is it that he would have it? Could it be something else & if so what? I was just told that he also has bacteria in his blood, but it wasn't written down on anything what kind of bacteria it is & Joey can't remember, just that it was a really long name & hard to pronounce. Sorry. All the kits are together most of the time. His full brother is the same age & is in good health, with no visible problems. There are also 2 other kits but they are Marshall Farms boys, & they all are the same age maybe with a week difference. They all were started on Bob's Chicken Mess young & get that plus a mix of several kinds of ferret food. I haven't seen it yet but was told that today his poopies are firm & to put him back on the triple medication. Any & all thoughts are appreciated with many thanks in advance because it is hard to see Gator now so much smaller than his brother & almost smaller than one if the other kits, when he had been doing so well. Lynn & the Fourteen Fuzzies. [Posted in FML issue 2828]