From:
daneedv
Date: 2002-01-21 13:07:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Crusty Eyes
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "strwbrypgasus"
<strawberrypgasus@n...> wrote:
> Hi, I have a question reguarding a fuzzy I saw in the pet store a
few
> days ago. He had goup in one of his eyes, it was sealed shut. It
> actually looked like on of the other fuzzies pooped in his eye, or
> he's nuzzeled in poop. One of the girls at the store said that
they
> had a nother ferret come back yesterday with the same problem.
They
> looked to be marshell babies.
> <snip>
> P.S. My own fuzzy is now trying to puke. Showing almost similar
> signs that the last ferret had. No green poop, no loss of appitite
> (although his tummy obviously hurts because he wants to eat but
> won't), no loss of engery, no loss of poop or straining when he
does.
> Eyes look good, mouth looks good, everything looks good. He stops
> heaving when I give him a little pepto (which he hates but will
take)
> and gets his appitie back. Any suggestions?
Often distemper will start with what appears to be a bad eye
infection. Nausea and diarrhea are sysptoms that follow, as well as
a crustiness of the paw pads.
I often worry about young ferrets in pet stores, because they have
not had a full set of shots, and therefore may be more susceptible to
distemper.
I am not a vet, and I do not know if the kit did have distemper if
you could have brought it home to your ferret, but since you were
careful to 'clean up' before handling your kids, I wouldn't think
so. Since you say that your ferret's eyes look fine, I would think
whatever is wrong has little to do with the kit at the petstore.
Danee