From:
mtemple@sat-co.net
Date: 2004-03-18 02:39:54 UTC
Subject: Newbie...Very sick baby
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <2096870.1079577594591.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Ill just get to the facts...I have a 8 week old..just got her last week...s=
he seemed very active happy and was seemingly very healthy...she went to be=
d last night after playing with my husband and children..and by morning she=
was listless...she is usually up running around her cage wanting out..I ha=
d to get her out of her cage..and wake her up...and I sat her on the floor.=
.and she just layed there..I called a local vet and went in...I dont think =
she knew what to say,...told me that ChiChi was dehydrated and very very si=
ck....took xrays to make sure there wasnt any blockage and found nothing..t=
ook her temp and said it was a little belowe normal and her heart rate both=
ered her....she sent me home with my sick baby and told me to give her suga=
r water every 30 minutes and that the outlook was very very bad.. I have be=
en giving Chi Chi her sugar water like she told me..and she even once today=
got up..and got a drink from her bowl..she has had two stools today and th=
ey were both black tarry looking and she has urinated also...only time she =
does move is when she hears my voice...or I sit her down...she then kinda c=
rawls back to me...other than the one time that she did get up to drink on =
her own..that is all the activity she has done..her stomach seems to be whe=
re the problem is..I think it looks swollen and hard feeling..the vet check=
ed it out and told me she found nothing..I dont know what to do..I read som=
ewhere about chicken baby food...should I try this?..Im not sure she is goi=
ng to make it through the night....Any advice?...Thanks in advance
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