Message Number: SG14705 | New FHL Archives Search
From: sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2005-07-14 19:54:21 UTC
Subject: RE: Very sick - Strange things in poop - Help
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <304769.1121370861092.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>

I agree with MIke about what can cause those things seen in the feces: tape worms or balls of fats.

These past vet posts will help you:

http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=YG3737

http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=YG4025

http://www.afip.org/ferrets/ulcers.html

as will past vet posts on ulcers in the archives:

http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org

How is the ferret now?

Many blockages or ingested foreign bodies in ferrets do not show up on x-ray, BTW, and that has to be an important consideration.

-- Sukie (not a vet)
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