From:
rmiller@akalliance.org
Date: 2003-06-19 17:20:56 UTC
Subject: RE: ferrets rear end collapsed
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <1548172.1056043256805.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
I am sorry to hear about your ferret. My Toby had rear end problems all of=
a sudden and he was 6 years old. My vet told me that it was due to his he=
art. He had heart disease and I didn't even know it until he showed the sy=
mptoms of having a hard time using his back feet and legs. Sometimes he co=
uldn't hardly walk at all and other times he could. Along with a bunch of =
other problems, I ended up putting him down, because they were incurable an=
d he was suffering. Toby had fat built up around his heart along with an e=
nlarged heart. If your ferret had that, I would think it would have shown =
up in the x-rays. I totally understand the money situation, but if you wan=
t to save your ferret, you may want to get a second opinion.
Rachel
Author wrote:
> My ferret is 1 yr and 9 months. He has always been a really crazy and pl=
ayful ferret. Well 5 days ago I was letting play in our garage, I left for=
20 minutes and when I came back he could not use his back half of his body=
. He would pull his body around while he dragged his back half. It didn't=
make any sence because he was just being as crazy and playful as ever the =
same morning and showed no signs. So I took him to the emergency room and =
they thought he was paralyzed so they took xrays but nothing showed up. Th=
ey gave him a cortizone shot and some pain medicine I have been giving him =
for the last four days. Every day he has gotten a little better. He can wa=
lk now but still colapses and is very weak. He eats and drinks all the tim=
e and still wants to try and play. He has lost quite a bit of weight in th=
e past 2 months but showed no other signs of problems. What could possibly=
be wrong with him?? I don't have the money to take him to the vet again a=
fter all the emergency room bills. Any ideas? Could it be lymphomia?
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