Message Number: YG12713 | New FHL Archives Search
From: Russell Prater
Date: 2002-04-24 00:30:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Question about Ulcers, Heliocobactor and the food
Annika should eat

jennandannika wrote:

> Annika
> was put on Famotidine (which I find out is an antacid, but is "commonly used to treat Heliocobacter"; Clavamox and Metronidazole.

The metronidiazole is really rough on ferets. I feel that the stress of
giving it to them cancels for any good it might do. That routine usually
includes Pepto which is about as bad. A treatment that is easier on the
ferret is Amoxicillin, Clarithromycin (Biaxin) and Carafate. That takes
2 weeks where the other routine takes 4 weeks. The dosages for the newer
treatment are in Dr. Purcell's book, "Essentials of Ferrets".
I am not a vet.

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