From:
obsidiontears@yahoo.com
Date: 2003-04-15 00:41:13 UTC
Subject: litterbox reference material
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <21697325.1050361639914.JavaMail.root@scandium>
Can anyone tell me about astrocytoma, what it is and how it develops? Can it throw off titer tests? What does it have to do with brian lesions?
Thank you,
~ Arianna
To: "FerretHeathList" <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>,
<teresa@mivox.com>
From: "katharine" <katharine@nettally.com>
Message-ID: <011301c302e7$b8798b20$33102cc7@D1CW2811>
>I was wondering if there is a descriptive reference available online that
>basically listed the various ways in which a ferret might have abnormal
>feces, and what each one most commonly meant.... =
Does this help?
COLOR:
Yellow or greenish stool - indicates rapid transit (small bowel)
Black, tarry stool - indicates bleeding in the upper digestive tract
Bloody stool - red blood or clots indicate bleeding in the colon
Pasty, light colored stool - indicates lack of bile (liver disease)
Large, gray rancid-smelling stool - indicates inadequate digestion or absor=
ption (malabsorption syndrome)
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CONSISTENCY:
Watery stool - indicates small bowel wall irritation (toxins and severe inf=
ections)
Foamy stool - suggests a bacterial infection
Greasy stool - often with oil on the hair around the anus; indicates malabs=
orption
Excessive mucus - a glistening or jelly-like appearance indicates colonic o=
rigin
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ODOR: (the more watery the stool, the greater the odor)
Food-like or smelling like sour milk - suggests both rapid transit and mala=
bsorption; for example, overfeeding
Putrid smelling - suggests an intestinal infection
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FREQUENCY:
Several in an hour, each small, with straining - suggests inflammation of t=
he large bowel
Three or four times daily, each large - suggests malabsorption or small bow=
el disorder
Diarrhea which persists for several days or longer suggests a chronic ailme=
nt such as colitis, parasite infestation, or malabsorption syndrome. =
Katharine