From:
diwilliams310@aol.com
Date: 2004-05-24 20:46:55 UTC
Subject: Question on Coughing
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <1229595.1085431615940.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
My 4.5 year old female ferret, Coco, has started coughing. It has been going on for the last week. It pretty much started the same time everyone was shedding. I've been giving all four, hairball medicine, but Coco is the only one with this cough. It is a very dry, deep, loud cough. I took her to the vet on Saturday and he has her on .25ml of Clavamox twice a day. It is now Monday and she is still coughing. She does it at least 3 to 4 times a day. I guess I'm confused, because if its a viral infection why arent my other ferrets coughing? Also, as soon as I hear her coughing I give her a couple of drops of ferretone and she stops. The vet said her heart and lungs sounded good, but wanted her on the antibiotic just in case. Does this make sense to anyone?
Thanks!
Dianna