From:
WinterWolf20@aol.com
Date: 2002-08-29 04:03:22 UTC
Subject: fever 106
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <25644112.1030593802936.JavaMail.root@scandium>
a friend came to me with his ferret who on august 23 was lethargic,dehydrated and very warm,with pellet size poop which was green/orange in tint. i checked his tempature which was an alarming 106,a cool-warm slow dipping brought his temp down to 103. i hooked him to an iv to get fluids into him.
the ferret is just a year old, he is 2 1/4 lbs, marshall farms ferret. according to the owner he didn't get into anything,doesn't chew on anything and has been a very active healthy companion.i took him straight to the vets.he put him on amoxy,baytril,carafate and flagyl,to cover all infection.as of today august 28th we have ruled out ece, adv,lympho,insulinoma,&
cardio. his spleen is slightly enlarged but nothing to write home about.we are still waiting for his cbc to come back.
he is eatting a/d with pedilyte on his own which is an improvement,and his poops are the color of a/d and have become normal in size.when he walks across the floor he stays hunched and drags his butt on the ground the whole time walking. which still isn't much of a walk around. he still is spikeing 105 fevers once or twice a day.still is very lethargic.he has no other symptoms.we are looking for help.
someone mentioned meningitis but i have been unable to find anyone who has had it in a ferret. any ideas on what this could be? i have the vet trying to contact dr weiss and dr williams but he has not heard back yet.