From:
www.ferrets4meonly7@yahoo.com
Date: 2002-07-24 00:28:10 UTC
Subject: IBD........ VET HELP NEEDED PLEASE!!
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <5684776.1027470490737.JavaMail.root@scandium>
HI,
I HOPE SOMEONE OUT THERE CAN HELP ME. ANNABELLE IS ABOUT 5-6 YEARS OLD, ALBINO, FEMALE WHO I ADOPTED FROM THE SHELTER. FOR THE LAST 8 MONTHS OR SO ANNABELLE HAS HAD SEVERE DIAREA. I HAVE TAKEN HER TO SEVERAL VETS WHO HAD HER ON AMOXY, THEN BATRIL, THEN TYLAN IN HER WATER. TWICE IN THIS 8 MONTH PERIOD SHE HAS STOPPED EATING HER KIBBLE. RIGHT NOW ALL SHE WILL EAT IS BOBS CHICKEN GRAVY, CHICKEN BABY FOOD AND KIX CEREAL AS A TREAT. NOW MY VET GAVE ME SOMETHING CALLED "CHLORAMPHENICAL POLMITATE" COMPOUNDED INTO LIQIUD FORM. SHE SAYS TO GIVE HER .3 cc TWICE A DAY. I HAVE HEARD BAD THINGS ABOUT SIDE EFFECTS WITH THIS MEDICATION... I AM AFRAID TO GIVE IT TO HER.
SHOULD I GIVE THIS TO HER OR IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE I SHOULD TRY INSTEAD??
ANNNABELLE IS CURRANTLY ON PRED, AS OF LAST WEEK. SHE WAS "BOBBING" HER HEAD AND LOOKED DAZED SO I HAD HER GLUCOSE CHECKED AND HER LEVEL WAS 94. I KNOW THATS IN THE LOWER RANGE BUT MY VET SAID TO BE SAFE START HER ON PRED. OTHER THEN THAT AND THE TYLAN IN HER WATER SHE IS NOT ON ANY OTHER MEDICATIONS AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING,
VICKIE