From:
sukieferret
Date: 2002-03-30 23:46:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Arni worse
He may have to be on IV; call your vet and ask.
Try a more gentle food like a meat baby food mixed with warmed
water so that it is about body temp, or a/d prepared the same
way. Put him on a towel on your lap and give it slowly rom bowl,
spoon, or fingers -- whatever he will accept.
Like Mike I have to wonder about a diagnosis that is not based
upon any biopsy.
If you go to Dr. Bruce Williams' AFIP site and read the section on
feeding sick ferrets. (Dont' have addy handy but if you go
http://geocities.com/sukieslist ,
or to the resources list in the Files at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ferret-Health-list
you wil find it.)
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "Mary Baum" <mbaum@a...> wrote:
> During the past hour I tried a little force feeding of the
Eukanuba mixed with a little water through a syringe the vet gave
me since Arni had not eaten for about 10 hours. He struggled a
lot but I managed to get him to take some. He ground his teeth
during the feeding. About five minutes later he began to vomit it
all up. I am wondering if the lymphoma is causing a blockage or
if it is a bad Helicobacter infection due to a lowered immune
system. Now poor Arni is more miserable and the struggle to
feed him drained his reserves more than ever. What can I do?
>
> Mary