From:
julie_fossa@yahoo.com
Date: 2003-07-28 22:07:35 UTC
Subject: RE: respiratory infection
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <4405266.1059430055638.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Canine distemper does sound like a possibility... are her vaccinations current? Is she showing any unusual changes anywhere else, like her paw pads/feet? around her little bottom? seem sensitive to light?
Other possibilities aside from those already mentioned:
Do you use any of the lumping litters? Tiny particles can lodge in the respiratory tract and cause trouble.
Have you already tried Benadryl or something for allergy relief?
Have you made any changes in your home? (environmental -I believe this may have been my ferrets' problem)
Is she running a fever?
Is she still eating and drinking? becoming dehydrated?
More information and an update would give everyone more to go on. Don't give up! Do you have a photo of what she looks like?
Julie
...who is not a vet.
> Ruby has her right nostril very congested and her right eye is running.
> She sneezes constantly and the nasal discharge is getting to be more and more. She wakes up with huge crusts on her nostril.
> I am desperate because her condition is deteriorating.
> It seems that her nose area is getting puffy now.