From:
fhbythesea@aol.com
Date: 2002-01-10 08:10:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [Ferret-Health-list] Feeding tube help
In a message dated 01/10/2002 1:00:13 PM Eastern Standard Time,
Critr36@h... writes:
<< Giving
Carafate was more stress on top of it all so we finially put in an
esophagostomy tube. I'm not sure how much food he should be getting
in a day or how often. I started out slowly as he couldn't handle
much food at one time...about 5-6ml, every 3-4 hours. Yesterday we
were up to 18-20 ml, but at the end of the day he seemed more
nauseaous again. I am using a mixture of Eukanuba Maximim Calorie
and Bob Church's chicken gravy. >>
Susan
I'm not a vet - but I have had 5 or 6 instances where shelter ferrets had a
feeding tube inserted that did pretty well. What we used to feed them is a
mixture of 1 jar of chicken baby food and 1 can of Science Diet A/D, strained
to remove any lumps that may block the tube. I would go with this diet
because its bland and easily digestible.
We started them on an average of 20cc per feeding, 4 times a day. The nausea
may be a temporary side effect but just out of curiousity, what are his liver
enzymes? Liver cancer caused nausea and anorexia in a ferret here.
I hope Taz gets well soon.
Lisa Leidig, Head Ferret
The Ferret Haven "By-the-Sea"
www.ferrethaven.org