From:
d6n6b6@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 2005-04-03 17:35:17 UTC
Subject: RE: Ulcers
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <784553.1112549717260.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
> Some ferrets may have a genetic predisposition to serious >stomach problems. We had one who had a stomach that became >continually more and more large and flaccid, with thinner and >thinner walls. I have heard of one ro two others like that. >If memory serves, each of them also had other malformations.
Hi sukie,
may I ask how you treated these ferrets?
A friend of mine has a ferret that just had a laparotomy, during which was discovered that his stomach wall had become very thin also. The ferret has had a severe itch for several months already, no adrenal disease, no parasites, had been treated for helicobacter for a very long time already, but he made no improvement. They were at their wit's end, and that's why they did the laparotomy. His gall bladder and part of his liver was removed also, because of the "weird colour" it had (that's what the vet told my friend). Her vet now thinks he has an allergy to gluten (the ferret was fed TF btw). He's now on Waltham Feline Convalescence support Instant. Any suggestions?
Regards,
Wendy