From:
sukieferret
Date: 2002-06-24 13:42:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Advice wanted for German ferret
A wheelchair with a forward support section would likely make sense.
The people at Doggon
http://www.doggon.com
Doggon' Wheels ~ PO BOX 1503 Livingston, MT 59047
1-888-736-4466 ( 406-222-5574) ~ fax 1-888-236-4329 (406-222-5790) ~
doggon@d...
are very helpful and may know of a German company which also makes such
mobility aids.
There are assorted ways to construct wheelchairs and to make pantyhose
slings listed in the archives here at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ferret-Health-list
and in the FML archives at
http://listserv.cuny.edu/archives/ferret-search.html
Of course, treating vet would have to okay the approches first.
Oh, and range of motion exercise in a warm bathtub may be useful when vet okays it.