From:
terra56@comcast.net
Date: 2003-08-25 01:50:37 UTC
Subject: Sick Ferret...Any ideas???
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <984353.1061776237764.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
My Peanut who is 5 months old was diagnosed with bacterial infection of the intestine. The vet believes it to be clostridia bacteria. She is down to about 500 mg of weight which is about half what she was before she got sick. She won't eat, drink and is very lethargic. Friday she was given sub-q fluids and sent home with flagyl. She is now taking 3 drops of kaeopectate every 8 hours along with the flagyl. We are force feeding her every 4 hours. I rotate between duck soup (kibble, water, nutrical, and chicken baby food), water, and water/pedialyte mix. I make sure I am getting 15 ml in her everytime. I would have figured by tonight she would have been feeling alittle better but it doesn't seem that way. She still tents across her shoulders, but not as badly as she did on Friday. She is urinating after every feeding, but we have yet to get any poops but she has only taken about 15 ml of duck soup. Should there be poops with that little of an amount?
I am getting worried, what more can I do? What am I missing? She feels a little warm to the touch, but I don't know if that is from being worked up every 3-4 hours or if she does have a fever. I am going to get a battery for my thermometer tomorrow, of course it is dead, so I can take her temp to know if she does have an elevated temp. If she does can I give her something from home? I called an emergency vet, explained the situation but they won't tell me anything unless they see her. My vet is away until September 1st and I do not trust anyone else around here.
If anyone has any sugeestions about how often the feedings or what I am feeding or about when/if she will poop or anything please let me know. Email me or post I keep watching all the boards and emails for anything that will help my little Peeni through this. Our hopes are high but I don't think the odds are in our favor here. She isn't doing well at all.
Terra
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