From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2002-08-09 17:30:10 UTC
Subject: arthritis treatment advice sought
To: Ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-Id: <p05111711b979ac64bf57@[10.0.1.24]>
For a member who is having posting problems:
>I have a ferret that I know was in a shelter for at least 3 years. I
>have had him for 4 years. He was balding with adrenal shortly after
>entering the shelter, and was completely bald but for head and feet
>when he was well enough for adrenal surgery, which was the week
>before I brought him home.
>
>He has been a long bodied wiry power house: ferocious twisting
>biter, leaper, and war dancer all this time. 2 complete blood tests
>and xrays show nothing wrong. Yet he is looking arthritic and cannot
>walk on tile without great difficulty. His legs splay when you set
>him down. He will not play even for a second. He has declined this
>last half year at a very fast rate. He will not play at
>all-ever-now. He only lays curled up or sleeps.
>
>We have him on Metacam .08cc daily. Anything else to do? He walked
>a few steps at the park yesterday, and I am hand feeding him Bob C.
>chicken soup 3 times a day.
>
>Lisette