From:
miamiferret
Date: 2002-01-24 13:18:00 UTC
Subject: Re: prepping for surgery
I've never seen a need to fatten up a ferret before surgery. I do
get all my ferrets accustomed to eating chicken baby food as a treat
so if and when surgery becomes a necessity, it won't be a battle to
get them to eat something new during the first few days of recovery.
Nor have I given a single one any pedialyte during recovery. As long
as their eating and drinking (and there's plenty of water in baby
food), they do OK.
mike
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., Anais <anaisdog@y...> wrote:
> I have a few questions before my six, soon to be
> seven, year old male ferret goes into surgery: How
> much meat baby food should I give him daily to get him
> some fat? (he's eating TF now), How much pedialyte is
> needed, per pound, per hour, for recovery to keep him
> from getting dehydrated?
>
> thanks
>
> beckers