From:
"Ulrike"
Date: 2004-11-03 12:06:36 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] ferret vomit
To: <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>
Message-Id: <4188C9CC.000005.00516@FERRETLOVE1>
I've had kits (and ferrets up to one year) bring up their food when they
played too hard with a full tummy. I have also seen the piles of vomit tha=
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look like poo but smell of softened kibble. Occasionally someone brings up=
food. Maybe they ate too quickly or didn't drink enough. I've also had
ferrets be (violently) sick after eating a moth or spider (normal,
non-poisonous spider). I wouldn't worry too much and not think blockage
right away. But do keep an eye on Thor.
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Ulrike
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West Wales Ferret Welfare
E-mail: ulrike@ferretlove.co.uk
http://www.ferretlove.co.uk
Last update 23/10/04
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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 tha=
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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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