From:
"Danee DeVore"
Date: 2003-05-01 17:43:37 UTC
Subject: RE: Two Sick Ferrets
To: "Ferret Health List" <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>
Message-ID: <3EB15CC9.6090506@aol.com>
>I hope someone out there can help me. My name is Carol and I live in the UK. 18 days ago one of my little girls, Buffy, >developed what looked like a bad ear infection. There was a brown waxy discharge from one of her ears, she was tilting her >head to that side, and walking round in circles.
One of my kids had similar symptoms about 1 1/2 years ago. It came on suddenly, and because she is older, I was particularly worried, so I took her to the Emergency Vet in my area.
The diagnosis was severe inner ear infection with a perforated eardrum. She was given a shot of antibiotics, and some oral antibiotics to take at home as well. I was also instructed to rinse her ear out twice a day with saline solution, and then apply an antibiotic ointment to the ear. SHe made a full recovery, and was seen for follow-up by my regular vet. He said the cause of the infection might have been a result of earmite infestation (we found my kids also had earmites at that time).
I hope you are able to find the problem, and that your 2 girls recover also.
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Danee
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