From:
"Sue Liszewski"
Date: 2004-08-11 04:39:11 UTC
Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] Old guy with giardia?
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <BAY15-F9VHAlTWRk48o00027f95@hotmail.com>
Could be a lot of things. He can use the dog test for Giardia to see if it
is positive. You can also do a fecal culture, and the panacur should have
gotten most other intestinal parasites. Another possibility is Inflammatory
Bowel disease. Any changes in the diet etc.? These can affect that as well.
Could be viral. A lot of possibilities. I would be sure he does more
diagnositics. Is he on any medication that might be causeing it. Good
Luck!
Dr. Sue
>From: lisa@ravendesigns.com
>Reply-To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>Subject: [ferrethealth] Old guy with giardia?
>Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 04:32:02 +0100 (BST)
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>I have a neutered male MF ferret that is coming up on his eighth birthday.
>A few weeks ago I took him to the vet with a prolapsed rectum, the vet put
>in a pursestring suture and sent us home with panacur and amoxi-drops to
>treat a giardia infection. For a short time he seemed to be better, but
>now he is having a lot of diarrea again. I have tried another run of the
>panacur treatment but it does not seem to be helping. I have 3 other
>ferrets and 2 cats, none of them are showing any signs of illness. My
>animals are all kept inside, so I have no idea how this guy could have
>picked up the giardia. Could this be something else? Any suggestions to
>help this little guy would be greatly appreciated.
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