Message Number: YG13977 | New FHL Archives Search
From: Russell Prater
Date: 2002-06-19 13:18:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Foaming or drooling from mouth

pupsnow wrote:

> The vet is suspecting stomach ulcers, he
> said he cannot be sure but to put him on 0.3 ml of amoxi drops and
> 0.3ml of metronidazole, plus 1.0ml of pepto bismol for 10/days. Does
> this sound alright,

Not to me it doesn't. If there are two drugs in the world that a ferret
hates, they are metronidazole and pepto. Giving them those two drugs is
so stressful that if they don't have ulcers, it will give them ulcers.
Plus that drug routine takes 4 weeks to kill ulcers. A much easier drug
combination to give for ulcers is amoxi, Biaxin and Carafate for two
weeks.

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