Message Number: SG3830 | New FHL Archives Search
From: whiteweasel@earthlink.net
Date: 2003-03-30 05:06:05 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Thomas not eating? (Little Long)
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <3E8634ED.23453.16A300A6@localhost>

On 29 Mar 2003 at 12:26, Pam Sessoms wrote:

> I've had a couple of cloth eaters in my house. sigh.

Nyssa was one when she was a kit. She ended up with a blockage. That seemed to
teach her that eating bedding was a bad idea. She went through about three days of
hell.
>
> This definitely sound very much like a GI blockage. I'm not a vet.

I agree, though I am also not a vet, just someone who's been there with a ferret. I also
agree this is a get to the vet ASAP situation, or an emergency clinic if one is available.
Nyssa went downhill very quickly.

All the best,
Caity