From:
Barbara Griswold
Date: 2003-03-08 15:12:40 UTC
Subject: Question regarding nasty poops
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <3E6A0868.3000100@direcway.com>
I have a little girl, Bren, age 4, who has consistently displayed very
ugly poops for several months now. The poops are either seedy, runny
green or they're greyish and mucousy with a formed poop every so often.
I realize that they indicate that her food is not completely digesting
but I'm questioning as to why.
I'm beginning to believe that she may be early adrenal; no common
symptoms such as loss of hair or swollen vulva however, it does seem as
if the back of the neck may possibly be getting thin along with slight
wrinkling of the skin. The fur is soft as a cotton (not coarse as many
adrenals). Last summer, I might add, she lost all of her top hairs and
was pure white cotton on her main body with the dark legs and mask.
Winter coat shed did not bring many of the top hairs back...tho' some
did appear.
My question...have any of you noticed ugly poops with adrenals? Both my
Tess and Cher girls displayed ugly poops similar to Bren's prior to
their surgeries. Is this something I need to be on top of NOW as
compared to later when possibly adrenal signs might get more obvious?
She eats and plays very normally (as I sit here with blood on my ankle!
LOL) Ankle nipping is her play as she sits back and chuckles after she's
gotten me a good one!
Thanks so much for your thoughts on this situation.
Barb and the 6 whirling dervishes...Gus, Hope, Bren, Kate, Tess and Cher