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From: "Sue Liszewski"
Date: 2003-12-29 04:49:32 UTC
Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] Thanks for the info
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <LAW12-F308KIeabOcoo00009e19@hotmail.com>

I lost a ferret with absolutely no signs of a problems, to a gastric ulcer
hemorrhage that was secondary to a large fur ball.. This has made me more
concerned about the possibility, sometimes the only sign I see for a long
time is weight loss.

Diets: I like the IVD line of diets. You can ask about the Select Care
Neutral which only comes in dry which is specific for IBD in cats and the
palatability is good. I am not sure of the ingredients since I am out of
the office at the moment. IVD also makes lines of food for allergies and
IBD that are ingredient specific, via venison, lamb, rabbit, or duck with
the carbohydrate being Green Peas which is a good soluble fiber source for
IBD. These come in canned and dry an palatability is variable. I start
with Rabbit since that is what ferrets were originally used to hunt in the
wild. Anyway, don't know if this will help or not but let us know what
happens.

Dr. Sue

>From: happypup@comcast.net
>Reply-To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>Subject: [ferrethealth] Thanks for the info
>Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 00:27:47 +0000 (GMT)
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>We haven't done a barium yet but that might be the next step is she doesn't
>improve. Are there any other symtoms associated with a hair ball or an
>ulcer?
>She is eating, drinking and pooping okay and her stools are normal. We are
>off the antibiotics now. She is still not feeling well but the Vet thinks
>that the antiobiotics are not going to help if they haven't made a
>difference already. So, it's probably an IBD flare up, a hairball or an
>ulcer. I'm changing her food to Walthams duck and rice which was recomended
>though I'm not that keen on it because it lists the fat content as 9% and
>the meat source is ducky by-products - not keen about by-products. I'd
>rather see human grade meat as the first ingredient.
>Does anyone else know of a good food that has the right ratios for ferrets,
>no corn or wheat and an alternative meat source? Not chicken or turkey.
>
>Thanks! nancy
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