From:
Sydney
Date: 2005-12-26 21:28:36 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] knee injury
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
About a year ago, one of my ferrets got a dislocated
knee on his rear leg. In his case, the vet pushed the
kneecap back in place and showed me what to look for
with a dislocated kneecap. You could feel a definite
pop in the knee. My vet didn't recommend pain
medication or other medication either. He's a pretty
healthy eater anyway, so we didn't supplement his
normal diet. I would have supplemented it if he
wasn't eating well though. Our vet told us at the
time that if the ligament was just stretched and not
torn, he should recover in 10 to 14 days. In his case
it was right at 14 days when he stopped limping. By
the way, she said these things normally happen when
they get a toenail caught on something and try to get
it free. Hope this helps.
Sydney
--- chuck rothenstine <c_rothen@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> In a matter of 24 hours my 61/2 year old ferret went
> from playing normally to limping on his back leg.
> The next day we saw the vet,x-rays were done and
> there were no fractures found. The vet says that
> even though she has never seen it in a ferret she
> believes the injury to be a torn or detached A.C.L.
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