From:
Michael Kowal
Date: 2001-11-24 14:04:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [Ferret-Health-list] Re: Vaccine Reaction +++?
He was vaccinated in his right leg.
I saw the vet yesterday. The swelling is not an
organ. My vet thinks he hurt himself sometime during
the day. He said it is probably soft tissue damage.
He couldn't rule out a tumor. At the rate that the
swelling increased it was probabley not a tumor. He
took 2 x-rays and there were no broken or fractured
bones.
I kept him locked up all day Friday. The swelling has
gone down and he is almost back to normal. I let him
out for a while this Saturday morning and he was using
him leg almost normally. He is not lock up again. I
don't want him injure himself any further.
Mike
--- "Bruce Williams, DVM" <williams@e...>
wrote:
> --- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., mmkowal@y... wrote:
> > Saturday: My 18 month old neutered male had his
> 1st Merick???
> vaccine
> > this. Diarrhea for about 1 day.
> >
> > Monday: (night) I noticed that his penile sheath
> was very red.
> >
> > Tuesday: (morning) I took him to the vet. The vet
> took some urine
> > from his bladder. I didn't see him do it but I
> think he took it
> with
> > a needle through his left underside about an inch
> below his penis.
> > He sent the sample off for a culture. He was in
> his cage after the
> > doctor took the sample and he was breathing
> through his open mouth
> > kinda like he was showing someone his teeth. In
> the mean time the
> > vet put him on Cefa drops. Vet said the diarrhea
> was probably
> > excitement from visiting vet.
> >
> > Wednesday: (morning) Penis opening looks like it
> has a scab at the
> > opening and the redness seems to be going away.
> He didn't want to
> > play this morning. Flat ferret a lot and went
> back to bed.
> >
> > Wednesday: (night) He belly is black and blue
> from where the
> doctor
> > took the urine sample. Probably no big deal.
> >
> > My major concern is his right rear leg. He
> doesn't want to use
> it.
> > After I examine him better I noticed that his
> belly on the right
> side
> > look inflamed and I can feel something hard inside
> that I can't
> feel
> > on the left side.
> >
> > He did have a very dark green stool but I can
> remember what day. I
> > separated him from my female so I can monitor his
> stool. He is
> > eating and drinking normally. A bit lethargic at
> times.
> >
> > Please help!
> >
>
>
> Unfortunately, not a lot to go on here. I think that
> the changes in
> the prepuce are probably unrelated to the
> vaccination. I don't get a
> clear picture about what you are feeling on his
> right side, but I am
> wondering aobut the possibility that you may ve
> feeling the spleen.
> Stress diarrhea is not uncommon after
> vaccination....
>
> Regarding the right leg - was this where he was
> vaccinated?
>
> With kindest regards,
>
> Bruce Williams, dVM
>
>
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