From:
mjo.dullum@vtc.net
Date: 2002-08-29 22:11:59 UTC
Subject: RE: please help - suggestions for sick ferret
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <28775484.1030659119372.JavaMail.root@scandium>
> Boy you sure do have your hands full it seems. I know this may sound odd, as
> you have been working to alleviate the diarrhea, yet I have to say that a
> blockage came to mind. Could it possibly be that due to the fact that his
> previous owner only had him on soy milk that he was extremely hungry and
> could have possibly ingested something? He was able to pass things due to
> the diarrhea, but when you got that under control the actual problem
> appeared?
You know, Tina, I suspected a blockage from the beginning.......but my vet didn't think at the time that it was. However, it is all a moot point now because unfortunately, Phantom died last night. I hated to lose him, you know, only having him 5+ weeks, I still got VERY attached to him. At least now he is being a ferret up at the Bridge. He was never a real ferret here, I never got to know the real ferret inside that little body.
I debated but did decide to have a necropsy done because as young as he was, we need to know. The vet checked him when I brought him in and she said he didn't look bad.......had gained weight and everything. Who knows, he may have just given up. But we should know more after we get the results back. I sure hope we find out something.
Thank you for your suggestion though, it is a very real possiblity.
mjo