From:
nlchipman
Date: 2002-02-20 11:57:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Stiff Ferret
--My situation sounds a little like yours, especially the age of
onset. He was about 1.5 when his symptoms began. I think the magor
difference would be the front legs. His front legs actually do not
come up. He kind of walks like a muscle bound bulldog. He is very
solid and takes very rigid steps. He feet don't actually come out
inf front of him, rather he takes little steps sort of side to side.
I rarely see him try to run, as he just doesn't have the agility. He
certainly is not normal.
- Nicole
- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "ifixrex2000" <ifixrex2000@y...> wrote:
> >
>
> We had a VERY small (1 lb or less) little girl who was born fairly
> normal but at about 1.5 yrs one of her legs would "lock up,
> especially if she tried to scratch. Looking back, we realized 1)
she
> had to stay with her mother 2 wks longer than the rest of her
litter
> because she was developing more slowly and 2) all her life, when
she
> would run she would move her front two feet at once, then the back
> two, and so on. Her stiffness in one leg eventually became severe
> and then the other rear leg became affected. This would be
> especailly noticeable if she was stressed by another one of our
pets
> (she wasn't fond of another one of our ferrets and the sight of him
> would cause a lock up). Our vet tested and she could feel pain in
the
> feet and her reflexes would cause her feet to push back when you
> pushed down on them. One theory was neurological damage from a
> vaccine. We never solved this mystery though. She lived to nearly
4
> years old