Message Number: YG7928 | New FHL Archives Search
From: Mike Janke
Date: 2001-10-14 13:50:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Can ferret get ECE twice...

There is no risk of your ferrets getting ECE a second time, though
stress can often bring on a few occurances of slimy poop or
diarrhea. Once their GI tract is damaged by ECE, there are often
reoccurances of digestive troubles, but it's not a reinfection.


--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., ubkarate@y... wrote:
> One year ago my ferrets contracted ECE. Yesterday I brought home
an
> 8 week old ferret. I was wondering if he happened to have ECE
could
> the other ferrets get it again?