From:
sukiecrandall@telocity.com
Date: 2001-11-15 21:11:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Can any one help? Smelly ferret poop
We had something similar happen when Scooter and Ashling
came here from their breeder with ECE.
One thing to remember: Scooter (starting around 4 years later)
has IBD, something which is apparently triggered by a number of
possible things, possibly including such an infection.
ECE sure isn't the only thing that can stink, though, so can some
parasite infections, and certain foods can increase or cause
odor.
> --- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., strawberrypgasus@n... wrote:
> > Ok I have a long and comlicated story but I'm going to
shorten it
> and
> > anyone who REALLY wants the whole story can e-mail me.
> >
> > I just got a new baby ferret about 2 and a half weeks ago. He
seems
> > very healthy and happy. The only thing wrong is his poop
smells
> SOOO
> > bad. We can't figure out why. His first vet vist went just fine but
> > today I noticed that his anus is very pronounced and is now
> twitching.
> > He had a little bit of diareah this afternoon but is still eating
> and
> > drinking fine. Now I had a ferret before him and she got sick
two
> > days after I got this new one and she just passed away
yesterday.
> I
> > spent hundreds of dollars trying to get her to be better (she
> wasn't
> > eating/drinking, had green slimy poops and was vomiting)
and no vet
> > could tell me what was wrong. Now I have this problem with
the new
> > ferret and the REALLY stinky poop. So smelly I can't be in the
same
> > room with it. I clean his little box right afger he poops and the
> > whole house reaks if we leave for a few hours.
> >
> > I have a vet apointment tomorrow, but I wanted to know if
anyone
> here
> > has had a simialr situation and could help let me know what
they
> think
> > is going on. Thanks