From:
erka2719
Date: 2002-02-16 18:42:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Conjunctivitis Questions
He received a distemper vaccine (Merial) about 3-4 weeks ago. His
eye looks a little better today, though. I do not think it is
distemper, he had a little cold or flu around Thanksgiving and this
seems to be similar though not as bad. She did not do a culture and
sensitivity yet. It is a fairly mild irritation at this point and
the sneezing/coughing (I can't really tell which it is, sounds more
like a sneeze)is fairly rare. He seems more perky today and I am
watching him closely.
Thanks, Erica and Buster
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., Ferretwise <ferretwise@m...> wrote:
> Did your vet perform a culture on the infection?
>
> It is getting worse to be seeing coughing etc. At this point I
would
> A- segregate the ill ferret from the others - , conjunctivitis is
contagious
> B- consider whether a recheck is warranted - canine distemper can
also
> start with these two symptoms-- are the distemper vaccinations up
to
> date in your business? If not the have blood drawn and sent out
for titer
> check ASAP!
>
> If neither of these pan out - then there may be a retro bulbar
tumor
> present -- again your vet would need to look into this for you.
Best
> wishes coming your way!
>
> Alicia
>
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