From:
miamiferret
Date: 2002-01-26 20:16:00 UTC
Subject: Re: please help
Has Avery been to a vet yet? That's the first step in finding what's
wrong.
Here's something that Dr. Williams once said...
"Green poop - a very non-specific sign - it just means that food is
moving through too fast. The normal brown color seen in feces is the
end product of breakdown of old red blood cells. The pigment goes
through a green stage called biliverdin, before it becomes brown
(called stercobilin). So if it is going through at an accelerated
rate, it never breaks all the way down, and has a green color to it.
Anything that accelerates passage of food or causes diarrhea can
result in green color - ECE, rapid food changes, lymphoma, just about
anything."
This comes from something I call the "Poop Chart" and the whole thing
is available on my website at...
http://www.ferrethealth.info/poop_chart.htm
I see in a follow up message, you asked about ECE and ADV. ECE would
require exposure to a ferret that carries the disease. That could be
something as seemingly innocent as you handling a baby ferret at the
pet store and then coming home and handling Avery. This disease
usually presents it's first symptoms around 48-72 hours after
exposure.
ADV is a little more complicated. Check this website for more
details on ADV...
http://www.geocities.com/russiansmom/index.html
mike
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., sarrieab@a... wrote:
> My Avery has just recently starting having some green slimy poop.
He is still
> eating fine and drinking lots of water. I haven't changed his diet
at all.
> About 75% of his poops look normal and then some are green and
slimy. I'm a
> new ferret owner so I'm not quite sure what it could be. You can
email me for
> more info if you have specific questions or if you think you know
what it
> could be.
> Thanks for any help.
> Sara and Avery
>
> A little one I love is alive today because of organ donation!