From:
Ferret Wise Shelter
Date: 2002-11-02 05:05:13 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Need advice on euthenasia
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-Id: <5.1.1.6.2.20021102000123.029ca280@mail.usaexpress.net>
HOI Stephanis- Since thies is a gal- I would pose for you this scenario-
gals pee & deficate at the same time the straining for defication may
indeed be what is the problem. My elder gal ( now departed exhibited the
very same syump[toms whining while defecating and tenderness to the belly.
She had IBD. You may want to check with your vet- see if they may try a
regimen of compounded of Chloramphenicol - to try to help the symptoms of IBD.
In retrospect I would not let another gal of mine suffer the same as the
previous one did. If it hurts to pass stool then they are not going to
want to eat-- the quality of life seems to be greatly diminished if this is
where she is headed.
Hope these hints help determine your gals problem.
Alicia
www.ferretwise.org
>. She whines when she pees (this has been going on for a long time but
>nobody can find anything wrong with her to cause this), she occasionally
>whines when we pick her up or she is moving around in her hammock and when
>we let her out for "play" time (she hasn't played in a very long time) she
>usually just goes to another bed to sleep.