From:
"Roger Vaughn"
Date: 2004-03-18 19:40:26 UTC
Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] RE: Need Immediate Help
To: <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>
Message-ID: <34511.161.254.5.251.1079638826.squirrel@mail.seaconinc.com>
Just to add to what Dr. Sue has said... Ferrets, especially young
ferrets like this one, almost always bounce back VERY quickly from
exploratory surgery, so even if you find nothing after opening him up,
it won't really hurt him. Some surgeons have even nicknamed the
ferret centerline "the zipper" since it's so easy to open and close
the little guys.
Yes, you run the usual surgical risks - reactions to anesthesia and
such - but that's a tiny risk and much preferrable to the great risk
of losing him due to an unfixed blockage.
Many ferrets, a day or two after such surgery, will be fighting to get
out of their cages and play, even though YOU know they need to stay in
there to heal. Exploratory surgery really doesn't bother them much.
In other words, as everyone has said, please consider exploratory
surgery very soon for your little guy. If he turns out to have a
blockage, it may save his life. Even if he doesn't have a blockage,
an exploratory is the absolute best way to find out what IS going on
in there.
I am not a vet, just a ferret owner myself.
roger
> vomit is bile or plant. But I would still susp a foreign body and
> with no answers the best thing to do is explore him to be sure.