From:
RIErickson
Date: 2001-10-28 09:49:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [Ferret-Health-list] ECE Virus in Ferrets
Hi Guys:
Am so sorry to hear about your buddies and have gone through a very similar experience myself. We had five ferrets, three of which we bought and two
we took because they were not being cared for properly. Then we saw this really cute silver mit which we adopted and now call Cosmo. It seemed that
Cosmo was a carrier of this ECE disease. We didn't let him in with or play with the other guys because as you know, ferrets are rough with babies.
He was just kept in the same room and played with the same toys and within a week, my other ferrets became very sick. All five of them had to be
hospitalized. I was happy to say that they all survived. Two ferrets my oldest one Trouble and Powder I think cought it the worst.
In answer to your other question. I had a ferret named Sly who was a sweetheart with people and ferrets, but when he was sick, he wanted no other
ferrets with or around him. People could touch him and he acutally didn't mind you holding him when he was sick. Hope you are all doing better. No
one knows better than I what havoc this ECE can have in your house, with your other ferrets lives, and financially. Wish you well in the future
Ivy
sonyablu67@a... wrote:
> Hello ferret lovers:
>
> We have (should I say had) 7 ferrets. My husband and I rescued 2
> ferrets from XXXX in XXXX. Both were very sick from this
> disease, we did the best we could for them, the girl Ginger was 3/4
> of a pound when we brought her to the vet. Armand her brother also
> was very ill with this dis-ease; armand did not like other ferrets
> but loved humans, and he attacked our other fuzzies ... If anyone can
> tell us about ECE experiences that they have come across I would be
> so appreciative to
> hear how they dealt with this awful virus and how they made out with
> their fuzzies. My husband and myself have 5 surviving ferrets who
> are showing the symptoms of this awful illness, the mucous bright
> green stool and we are so concerned that it was passed from the 2 we
> adopted from XXXX out of XXXX. We have researched this
> disease but would really like to hear from other ferret people with
> some practical advice and some success stories.
>
> Today is Oct. 28 and we lost Ginger on Monday she passed in the night
> at the vets, all alone ..... her brother armand passed just a day
> later, all alone. and it
> broke our hearts. They were abused from their previous owners, left
> in a box on the Humane Society doorstep in the middle of the night.
> We did the best we could for them, and I wish they were with us right
> now.
>
> Thank you, Michele and Michael
>
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