Message Number: YG9606 | New FHL Archives Search
From: f5tornado2001
Date: 2001-12-29 00:59:00 UTC
Subject: Diarrhea/Running free

Thanks for the responses concerning the diarrhea. The vet said to
give him Pepto Bismol for 5 days and see what happens. Something just
occurred to me. The ferret that doesn't have diarrhea (Turbo) is more
aggressive than Pepé (the one with diarrhea). Turbo seems to be the
dominant one. Could that cause stress in Pepé and in turn cause the
diarrhea? Sometimes it's hard to tell if Turbo is hurting Pepé and
we pull them apart. Turbo just seems to play rougher. Which brings me
to another question. Is it quite obvious when one is hurting the
other? Would I hear a loud squeal? When they wrestle, I sometimes
hear little squeaks, but that's it. I also would like some ideas as
to how much time to let them run free. They are two months old now
and they spend most of their time in their cage. It is 5 ft. high
with 4 levels. Though they can't get up on the other levels
themselves yet. We take them out twice a day and let them play for
about an hour. They are closely supervised the whole time. What is
the "norm"?