From:
memecookie2@cs.com
Date: 2003-09-29 23:19:29 UTC
Subject: RE: ferret health questions
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <2725448.1064877569206.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Collene, sorry to here about our baby being sick. Could he have hurt himself at your mothers? You need a VET to check him out. I have a good baby food concoction. Ferrets dont digest fruits and carbs. Chicken or Turkey baby food, chicken broth NOT the fat free
kind,a ribon of nutra cal, and some Pet G.O. found at "petsfriend.com". You can also use some Ferret Aid for elecrtolytes. Mix this up at a consistancy your ferret will eat. The biggest problem I have had with it is they don't like to give it up. Makes for a good treat also. Always feed warm!!!!
Good luck, Becky M
Author wrote:
> Dear ferret health group, I have a three year old male that I adopted a
> year ago from a shelter. He seemed to be in perfect health at the time, and
> continued that way until this summer. I did an internship in another state
> and had to leave him with my mother (who has a ferret of her own) for almost
> two months---when I got home he suddenly seemed to be more "clumsy" than
> before---apparent hind leg weakness (although weakness does not seem like
> quite the right word as he will push against my fingers with his hind legs
> just as hard as before)----other than some excess stumbling he seems to
> still be in good health---he has a wonderful appetite, no problems going to
> the bathroom (normal urine and stool output), he plays, and shows no signs
> of discomfort. I was worried that it might be lyphosarcoma (my mother had a
> ferret die of this about four years ago and we went the medical route with
> chemo and steroids to no avail) and as a result I have been giving him a
> tincture of essiac in organic banana babyfood three times a day for about a
> month and a half now---he has not shown any more progressive symptoms, but
> also has not visibly improved. I do not want to just bring him to the vet
> because I am reluctant to put him through stressful/painful tests just to
> find out that it is something that we cannot cure....so I have been trying
> to take a more natural approach. But I am worried about him and I do want
> to care for him in the best possible way. I would greatly appreciate any
> insight that you might be able to give me. Thank you so much for your time
> and any advice you could possibly offer.
> Love and light
> Colleen
> waffle007@hotmail.com
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