From:
Ferrethealer@aol.com
Date: 2004-02-07 01:47:24 UTC
Subject: Vaccines and Fecals
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <193.25692c00.2d559dac@aol.com>
In a message dated 02/06/04 2:10:22 AM Eastern Standard Time,
ferrethealth-digest-help@smartgroups.com writes:
Thanks also for
telling me not to get the vaccines on the same day and wasting money on a
fecal
float.
Although I certainly agree with not getting the vaccines done on the same day
(I prefer to separate them by at least two weeks), I am a bit surprised by
the second part of this. Money spent having a fecal sample checked for
parasites is not wasted. Although it is not common to find intestinal parasites in
house kept ferrets, it does happen. I have seen ferrets with intestinal
roundworms, coccidia, giardia to name a few. I do highly recommend having a stool
sample checked yearly.
Dr. Ruth
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