Again, throughout the day, a minimum of 100 cc's of food is needed. Try and keep the ferret quiet, away from noise and commotion, and out of bright lights. Some people advocate the administration of PeptoBismol or Kaopectate to help coat andprotect the intestines and make food ingestions more comfortable. Cat doses apply. This depends on the health condition, age, weight, and personality of the ferret.
Kits show few, if any symptoms, for a few hours.
Ferrets under two years may have mild symptoms for 1-3 days. As long as they are eating, drinking, and urinating, no additional treatment may be necessary. The normal course of symptoms seem to be one to three weeks, although there are reports of some going as long as two months. Once the ferret recovers from the severe symptoms, the ferret may experience seedy or poorly formed stools, inability to gain weight, hind-leg weakness, or lethargy, for several months. However, once a ferret has ECE, the ferret builds up an immunity and is not likely to show severe symptoms again.