From:
Ferrethealer@aol.com
Date: 2002-11-07 04:27:55 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Digest 7 Nov 2002 00:44:36 -0000 Issue 138
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <11a.19b83fa2.2afb45cb@aol.com>
In a message dated 11/06/02 7:52:14 PM Eastern Standard Time,
ferrethealth-digest-help@smartgroups.com writes:
> Zac is stable today, he's looking better but
> my vets are still scared that the sutures may leak. Is it still a good
> idea
> to give some pepcid or some tummy medication or is that only necessary if
> the stomach has been opened? I also wonder why he vomited blood when the
> obstruction was in his intestine?
>
>
Stress and shock can cause bleeding into the stomach, but ulcers remain a
possibility. With small intestinal surgery my procedure is the same as with
stomach surgery - small amounts of a very bland highly digestible food such
as baby food starting at about twelve hours post-op.
Dr. Ruth
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