From:
"Autumn"
Date: 2005-08-17 20:59:24 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Obese ferrets?
To: <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>
Message-ID: <005101c5a36e$8d16f830$42033f44@Infinitum>
That sounds definitely ideal to me, Sukie, and I have a question now that
you brought up muscle vs fat: Boo Boo seems "floppy" since losing all that
weight and gaining back so much. Do you, or the vets here on the list,
think this could be (as in humans) a case of severe weight loss accompanied
by muscle atrophy, where the weight gain that followed this loss is ALL fat?
Will it take a long time for him to regain the muscle mass he had before?
I'm assuming the lean body mass will help him lose too, and that it will
definitely increase his activity level, strength, etc.?
It seems as though his skin is saggy, like his birthday suit doesn't fit so
good anymore. lol
----- Original Message -----
From: <sukiec@optonline.net>
To: <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 2:08 PM
> We try to not have too much overweight on them, but to let them have their
> natural builds and preferably a lot of muscle.