From:
ineardiles@hotmail.com
Date: 2005-05-31 02:19:35 UTC
Subject: RE: jaedee is better, now it is rajagopalan
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <4695707.1117505975684.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Personally, I don`t like to use antibiotics if a disease isn`t confirmed, because you can create unnecessary resistance to antibiotics, and you are giving your pet drugs they don`t need. It would be better if you can take the ferrets to the vet to be checked.
On the other hand, if you can`t take them to the vet soon, and as your other ferret got infected, a prophalactic treatment could be usefull. But if you use it try to take them to the vet anyway as soon as you can.
Author wrote:
> jaedee has been on clavamox since last Wednesday and is 100% better. today her sister raja, who is in a separate cage with another sable, tap tap, is coughing and wheezing exactly like jaedee last week. since raja has had clavamox in the past, and my vet is closed today, I gave her a dose of the clavamox, and will call the vet tomorrow. I have been washing my hands like crazy between the four of them (do this anyway). does this sound like a virus or bacterial infection being passed around? should tap tap and sir didymus be treated prophalactically?