From:
"Sue Liszewski"
Date: 2004-09-08 15:59:34 UTC
Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] suddden death
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <BAY15-F15PL1Iw9HMC600036096@hotmail.com>
Last sudden one I had like that turned out to be an asymptomatic gastric
ulcer that perforated and he bled out into the stomach. No real signs and
healthy until the end. Hope your vet can find the answer.
Dr. Sue
>From: lisa@ravendesigns.com
>Reply-To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>Subject: [ferrethealth] suddden death
>Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 07:01:45 +0100 (BST)
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>I know this is a reach, but it makes me feel better to do something now. I
>just found one of my ferrets dead. He is an approximatly 4 year old male
>MF silver blaze. He was abandoned with me 2 yrs ago, but has generally
>seemed healthy, had regular check ups and vaccinations while in my care.
>He just recently began showing hairloss and I was planning on getting him
>to the vet to check for adrenal disease. He has always had a healthy
>appetite and yesterday morning I was making fun of him for chasing the cats
>away from their wet food. Last night he seemed to be straining to have a
>bowel movement and when he finally did it was very small and green and
>mucusy in appearance. The only other thing I noticed about him was that his
>skin seemed red. I have had a number of ferrets and never had one die this
>young or go so quickly (less than 24 hours of noticeable symptoms of
>illness other than hair loss). I will see if my vet can do a necropsy in
>the morning. Just thought I would see if anyone had any ideas.
> Thanks, Lisa (already missing Pepe)
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