From:
williamsb@comcast.net
Date: 2002-08-01 02:36:06 UTC
Subject: RE: Please Help
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <11847338.1028169366512.JavaMail.root@scandium>
Author wrote:
> Hi! I have a 1 1/2 yr old baby boy named Muddy, that I have wrote about
> before and I thank you for always answering all of my questions, and once
> again, I have another one. Three times within the last couple of months we
> have found where Muddy has either "pooped" or "puked" this pea green stuff.
> We have not seen him do it so I am not sure how he is doing it and the only
> reason I question whether he is going the bathroom or getting sick is because
> the stuff is in a straight line, like he had went to the bathroom instead of
> getting sick where it would be a pile of it, but the stuff is very "frothy"
> and it doesn't look like poop. It looks like spit but it is pea green. He
> is drinking and eating fine, but I have noticed that he has lost some weight.
Dear Michelle:
Three times in the last several months is probably not something that should throw you into a panic. Ferrets of this age may get into things that they shouldn't, like soap, or anything else they can get in their mouth. This often causes transient GI upset.
Weight loss is not uncommon in this time of year, especially in males. Without a repetitive problem, or some other corroborating signs of disease, I don't think it is anything to become excited over at this point.
With kindest regards,
Bruce Williams, DVM