Message Number: SG4663 | New FHL Archives Search
From: Ferret Fanatic
Date: 2003-05-24 03:46:56 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Swollen Lymph Nodes, etc.
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-id: <3ECEEB30.53CAECF8@comcast.net>

I can only recommend to put a puddle of ferretone on the table so that the ferret is so busy lapping up their ferret "crack" that she doesn't notice the thermometer coming in from behind, or to lay her on her back and put a puddle on her belly and get the temperature that way.

sunni_321@yahoo.com wrote:

> Btw, I can NOT get a temp on Maddie. Even with someone else holding her down, she fights too much, and I'm afraid I'll hurt her or her incisions. Anyone know a good way to do it? I finally stopped trying when she would flinch and jerk around every time I tried to lift her tail.
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Vicki L. Henderson-aka-Ferret Fanatic