From:
mjanke@miamiferret.org
Date: 2004-05-19 02:27:01 UTC
Subject: RE: Repeated ''Chomping'' (follow-up to 8814)
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <5452082.1084933621913.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
You'll find this is usually referred to as grinding their teeth. It's a common symptom in ferrets with stomach pain or nausea, whatever the cause, and usually follows eating or medicating, though it can occur at other times.
mike
Author wrote:
> I have noticed she repeatedly 'chomps' before/during/after I give her some food or medicine. It's kind of strange; I can see the skin on on the top of one side of her head moving up and down as she constantly opens and closes her jaw.