From:
Keldah Artrip
Date: 2002-02-15 14:02:00 UTC
Subject: Very concerned about weight ---sickness?
Hi everyone. I am new to this group and have a question for all of
you. And let me warn you, this is a little long. I have two
babies, Goku, who's 1 today :) , and Kira, who will be one next
month. Both of them had pretty healthy appatites when they were
younger and still do. At one point they were both pretty big. You
know how when they lay down, their bodies and their butts kinda
spread out, well that's how big Kira was. It scared me at first
because I was thinking there might be sever blockage of somesort but
she still had healthy stool amounts so I ruled that out for the time
being. Since I am in school away from home, my mom takes care of my
babies for now until I get my apartment in April and then they'll be
with me. I educated her very well on how to care for them so
everything is fine on that front. I go home everyother weekend to
cut their nails, play, bring food and treats, etc. Well, when I was
home all last summer, they were both fine. Then I left for school
and came back about two or three weeks later, and Kira literally has
half, if not a little more, the size that she was when I thought she
was fat. I freaked. I asked mom if she had been acting depressed
or if she noticed she wasn't eating or if Goku wasn't letting her
eat, and she said no to all of that. She did say that she noticed
how when they both went to eat, Kira would eat a little and then go
lay down. When Goku would go to sleep, she'd then get up and eat
some more. So, we thought maybe Goku was being too aggressive and
would seperate them when they would go to eat. That seemed fine but
she was still skinny. When I went home this past christmas break, I
had brought two tubes of that ferravite stuff. It's a high calorie
supplement that increases appatite and weight gain. Kira is just a
picky as I am when it comes to trying new stuff, especially if it
smells like that, so having her try it was an ordeal. During one
wrestling match, she finally tried it and now she LOVES it. Since
the first of January, she's seemed to gain some weight back. She
looks a lot better now. When I had taken her to the vet for one of
her shots when she was still fat, the vet said that it might be a
hormone thing and that female ferrets tend to have fluxuating
weight. Since both of my babies are fixed, there's no chance of any
offspring. He said for me to watch her and if the weight didn't
stabalize, to bring her in and they'd do a ultrasound to see what's
going on. Well, that's when she started loosing her weight and I
figured she was just doing what he said and that's why we didn't
take her. But I don't like how she got so skinny. She's eating
with Goku again and comes running when she sees her ferravite stuff
so I know she's eating better now. I'm going home again today and
will write about how she looks when I get back. Does anyone know if
something could be wrong or has seen this before? I know that since
female ferrets are smaller they tend to be skinnier, but it still
worries me.
Thank you for everything!
Keldah
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