Message Number: SG11308 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: tdsmc@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 01:10:41 +0000 (GMT)
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Subject: ferret vomit
Message-ID: <4045671.1099444241860.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Can anyone offer advice on this. Thor was playing like a mad man
this afternoon, jumping, chasing, the works. Then a few minutes ago I heard him coughing. When I checked he had pooped but it sort of scattered out. Wasn't runny, just blown everywhere. He walked forward from it and ran into the cabinet with the towels. When I started to get him out he threw up a small bit. It was sort of brown and mostly water. After getting the others busy so I could check him I found two piles of "stuff". It was formed like a poop pile, but looked funny (and in places where none of them have tried to poop before). It had NO poopy smell, only smelled and had consistancy exactly like wet food. Could he have played so hard with a full stomach that he upset his belly? He's asleep now but readily alert when I go to him and no more coughing or any suspicious symptoms. Of course I'm watching him closely but can't figure this one. Ferrets for dummies only mentions bad food or blockage for vomit. Bad food
can be ruled out (I would assume) because the other 9 are fine.
Blockage? He pooped normal this morning. This afternoon, the blowed out looking one.
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