From:
cjbandit@aol.com
Date: 2001-11-25 21:01:34 UTC
Subject: loose stools
In a message dated 11/26/01 4:07:30 AM Eastern Standard Time,
Ferret-Health-list@yahoogroups.com writes:
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Message: 7
From: justdookin@aol.com
Help!!
Our Winston has had loose stools for a while now....and oh so
smelly!! Can't
seem to find anything that helps. When this first started, it was
loose, but
not so smelly.
When we first took him to our vet, we had to force feed him and he
had gotten
down to about 1 lb. 8 oz. He was on put on baytril (injection),
prednisone,
pepcid AC and carafate and baby food which we had to force feed
him.
Originally the vet thought it might be Insulinoma but he started
getting
better and decided to just see where this was going.
Eventually we took him off the prednisone and carafate and pepcid
AC...and
then off Baytril . Well, as long as he takes Baytril (now it's
the oral
type), things seem to go okay, but when we take away the Baytril,
the smelly
poop comes back. It's stong enough to smell up the whole house!!
We try to
ease him off the Baytril, but no success, either. Right now he's
only taking
a 1/4 tablet every 4th day.
His diet consists of chicken baby food mixed with ensure and cream
(because
that's the only way I could get him to eat it), and now that's all
he wants
to eat. When he gets hungry, he comes looking for me.
Occasionally...and I
mean occasionally, he will eat a little Iams Kitten, and does like
to eat
Purina Pro-Plan...or any other cat food...which I don't allow him
to eat very
often. The baby food itself has a pretty bad smell, but don't
believe that's
the total cause of the odor.
He seems pretty healthy and fairly active (he's 4 1/2 years old),
and
doesn't act much different than before...although somewhat not as
crazy.
He's probably somewhere around 2 3/4 lbs. now.
I started giving him yogart...and now lactobacillus acidophilus
instead of
yogart, but don't know how much he should have, and in the few
days he's been
on it, don't know that it's made any difference. I give him 2
ml.??
What do you think the problem is? Any now what?
Thanks,
Connie
(Justdookin@aol.com)
Hi Connie,
Have you tried giving him ProZyme for ferrets (available through
Revival unsure if Totally Ferret carries it) Anyway just wondering
if it would help in the digestion of his food and help absorb
nutrients...
Just a thought, I know it comes well reccomended.
Christina