From:
daneedv
Date: 2002-01-05 19:16:00 UTC
Subject: Re: interesting question
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "JANICE GONZALES" <jg2554@m...> wrote:
> I foster ferrets in my home.
<snip>
>Why didn't these ferrets who were on the wet food get sick. The wet
food is made with ground Totally Ferret, whipping cream, a can of 8
in One chicken, two egg yolks and water. The Totally Ferret is the
same food given to all the ferrets. Is there something in the wet
food that kept my 7 ferrets from getting this. I will say that all
the ferrets are doing great now. I did have to force feed two of the
sick ones for about a week and one of the two had to be medicated
with Prednisone. He is doing very well now to.
>
> Jan, the ferret Mom of many.
Hi Jan,
Is it possible that the 7 who did not get sick this go-round had ECE
at an earlier time. My experience has been that once a ferret has
ECE, it is generally immune from getting it again. And, very youg
ferrets do not usually get very sick from ECE, so people may not even
notice that they are ill. If it was ECE that your ferrets had, that
might be one explanation. Offhand, I do not know why eating the soft
food would make a difference with ECE, but I am not a vet, either.
Danee