Message Number: SG12119 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: Caitlyn Martin
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 08:07:12 -0800 (PST)
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] Kit with frank blood in faeces
Message-ID: <11549664.1104778545669.JavaMail.nobody@chromium.smartgroups.com>
--- Chris Lloyd <chris.lloyd@fwi.co.uk> wrote:
> has she had the chance to eat anything sharp, that
> bright blood in the stool means she is bleeding in
> the intestines. If it came on suddenly she may have
> passed something sharp enough to cut herself.
I have also seen this as part of a severe vaccination
reaction. Nyssa did this, as well as had severe
diarrhea and vomiting almost immediately after a
rabies vaccine and promptly went into anaphylactic
shock when she was two. I imagine it's possible to
have a reaction or allergy to something which could
cause intestinal bleeding without necessarily going
into shock. Is there anything she injested (other
than a sharp object) that could cause this? That's
something I'd also wonder about it.
I'm just speculating here and I am definitely not a
vet.
All the best,
Caity and the fearsome foursome
[Moderator's Note: as someone who does this herself and has human relatives who
do and has had ferret who have done: when the fluid loss becomes so rapid that
red blood cells are being washed along in the flux it isn't really a survivable
situation without major emergency medical care, starting with Epi.]
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