From:
Ivy
Date: 2002-09-03 00:18:19 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Very Sick Ferret
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-id: <005b01c252e3$bd20ea60$f11ffea9@danbry01.ct.comcast.net>
Hi
I am sorry to hear that your ferret is so sick. A few years ago I brought
home a new ferret and he was a carrier of ECE. I had five other ferrets and
they all got the virus. I had all five in the hospital. They were kept
there and put on IVs. Let me tell you that was expensive. They were force
fed with AD cat food and also put on an antibiotic. They all got better,
but they were very sick. The only thing I can tell you is to make sure your
ferret is fed and possibly put him on some type of antibiotic. Hope all is
well. Please keep us informed.
Also all my ferrets were down to skin and bone, but when they got better,
they gained it back.
Good luck
Ivy
----- Original Message -----
From: <Tyra_J@msn.com>
To: <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 10:32 PM
> I am writting in hopes you can help me. I have a very, very, very sick
ferret. She was diagnosed with ECE - green slime disease last week. We
took her to the Vet on Sunday evening - emergency care - she was given
fluids subcantously. She was hospitalized on Monday because she was still
so dehydrated. I opted to bring her home on Tuesday as she was depressed
and had stopped eating. I have been successful in feeding her with a
syringe and some by spoon. She seems to be getting a little better - before
she just laid there, now she can lift her head. She tries to move but is
unable to. She is very, very thin, you can feel the bones in her back and
ribs. Her back end is so weak she cannot move it. It is sort of a mock
paryalisis, she has feeling in her hind quarters, but cannot get it to move,
hence keeping her immoblized. This concerns me the most.
> Is it normal for a ferret with ECE to experience this?
> Other Info:
> She has had two bowel movements both were thick, deep greenish black and
had some little "bird seed" looking stuff at the end of it.
> I have been feeding her a diet of Hill's prescription diet a/d mixed with
Nutri-Cal and Pedialyte. Supplemented with Pedialyte at her feeding in leu
of water.
> She is on Clavamox drop 0.1ml every 12 hours
> I also gave her 3 ccs of slippery elm bark. I read that some
> ferrets can get ulcers as a result of ECE and that slippery elm bark would
help sooth her stomach.
> Is there anything else I can be doing to help her? She is so very weak.
> Also - we have another ferret, but he does not seem to be
> infected. They have shared living quarters for almost a year, we
> have them separated due to the disease. What, if anything, do I
> need to be doing for the one that does not show signs of infection.
> The vet I took her too said he didn't know what else to do for her.
> I need help!!
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