Message Number: SG2784 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: williamsdvm@comcast.net
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 01:47:02 +0000 (GMT+00:00)
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Subject: RE: trouble pooping
Message-ID: <11738827.1041731222120.JavaMail.root@scandium>
Author wrote:
> My 7.5 female jill with the large liver seems to be having trouble
> pooping. > is it possible her liver has grown to the point where its squeezing
> down the intestines or bowels?
> or is this a side effect of only eating soft food?
> Mary
Dear Mary - No, I've never seen a liver get that big - it isn't all that close to the colon or intestine, and it rarely causes significant displacement of the GI tract so as to cause a decreased appetite (Spleens, on the other hand....)
And it's not an effect of eating only soft food -
this is one that probably should be seen on Monday by your vet.... there may be something of grave import going on here....
With kindest regards,
Bruce Williams, DVM
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