Message Number: SG6554 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: "Sue Liszewski"
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 01:07:24 -0600
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Re: ECE treatment
Message-ID: <LAW12-F11asaYfhIbUH0000cf62@hotmail.com>
By the way. To avoid the awful taste problem of Pepto, I take and crush the
unflavored non chewable type tabs and make it into a more concentrated form
so you give less and this works great. Flavor however you will, I just use
a flavor chaser aferward. Flagyl can't help you with, too bad can't get it
in a transdermal, believe me I tried.
Dr. Sue
>From: AFERRETVET@cs.com
>Reply-To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: ECE treatment
>Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 16:45:27 EST
>
>Hi William,
>If I understand right you are treating Badger with
>Gatorade, Ensure, and Gerber's baby food only.
>He has been having green muciod diarrhea with
>a "bird seed appearance" to it for ~4 weeks now.
>Assuming he has ECE, then there are a few things
>that can be added to your current treatment.
>Some ferrets will benefit from an antibiotic. There
>may be a secondary bacterial infection in addition
>to the corona virus (ECE). I would suggest amoxicillin
>(Amoxidrops, Clavamox drops) and/or Amforol.
>Some ferrets will benefit from a medicine to treat
>the diarrhea itself such as Amforol or Imodium or
>Kaeopectate. Some ferrets will benefit from a medicine
>to reduce the inflammation in the intestinal tract (pediapred
>or Flagyl). I do not recommend Flagyl or Pepto just because
>most ferrets hate the taste and struggle so much with them.
>It is unusual for such a young ferret to take so long to
>recover from ECE, so it would be worth doing another
>fecal check to rule out parasites such as giardia and
>coccidia. As long as he is eating well and not grinding
>his teeth or pawing at his mouth then Carafate or an
>antacid is not needed. If he does not like the taste of
>baby food then Hill's a/d is another option to try.
>Good luck with Badger,
>Jerry Murray, DVM
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