From:
ElfEaterII
Date: 2002-01-06 12:25:00 UTC
Subject: Re: ERRATIC BREATHING PROBLEMS
Hello Mary!
Im brand new to this list, so hello everyone!
While looking in posts, I saw this one. It is very close to my
problem! My little ferret Booja, has all of a sudden starting making
this awful noise, like you said. It only happens 3 times a day,
almost every other day. Its really dry though, and it just sounds
like he is weezing. I dont know his medical background, he was a
throw away (..really! Someone let him go and the guys kids told me
about it, and we was gone forever, then, I found him all dirty under
a shed!) But he is reallllllly healthy other than this weird cough
thing. I got a humidifier and some "ferret rx upper respitory"
liquid I got at petsmart. It seems to work really well for him, but
it happens so rare I cant tell. He has alot of fur and he is kinda
fat, so I think maybe its hairballs? His cagemate, Toby, has the
sneezes too. x_X But Tobys nose is kinda wet whiole Booja's is
really dry. BUT ALSO. I just moved from Kentucky to Va, two days
ago. And thats when we really noticed it. I thik it happened once
in Ky, but we were moving alot of boxes around, so maybe its dust?
Im worrying alot, lol. I just moved here so I dont know much about
vets. (Northern VA, Stafford). Can anyone help on that? Im goign to
get some hairball stuff and see if that helps too.
Mary, have you found anything out yet? Any improvment? I'll let you
know if I find out what is wrong with Booja, maybe it can help you
too!
Christina
elfeater.com
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "Mary Alvarez-Cabreras"
<maa2039@m...> wrote:
> Greetings All:
>
> I have been having a problem with my little guy Chewy. Within two
months
> time, he's had these weird breathing problems on three (3) separate
> occasions. All of a sudden, he'll start to breath out as if he's
trying to
> clear his nose but you can hear and feel this rumbling in his body
(it
> reminds me of when I had Bronchitis a few years ago). It really
does sound
> like he has phlegm in his chest but these attacks have only lasted
less
> than 1/2 an hour and then it goes away and he's back to normal with
no sign
> of the rumbling. I put on a hot, hot shower and took him in the
bathroom
> (but not in the water) for about five (5) minutes to let him breath
in the
> steam and it seems to have worked because he would calm down and
start
> breathing normally.
>
> His Vet is on vacation and but I called the covering Vet and she
didn't
> know what to make of it. At the time, when I called nothing was
happening
> and she didn't feel any immediate concern. I thought it had to do
with the
> Pepcid AC that he was getting at the time but she stated that it
doesn't
> cause that type of reaction. Either way, he's not on it anymore
and
> yesterday it happened for the third time. He's also just finished
his run
> of Amoxcil so I can't understand him catching anything if he's just
gotten
> off of antibiotics. He's never done this before and he's never had
the flu
> so I don't know what to look for. He doesn't have any kind of
discharge
> coming from his nose or any other sickly symptoms. Does anyone
know what
> this is? Please respond.
>
> Thanks,
> Mary