Message Number: SG17902 | New FHL Archives Search
From: sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2006-07-16 00:40:20 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] RE: To eat
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com



Author wrote:
> Hi:
> Try priming him with about a ml. of water. when Pooh wouldn't eat we gave him a little water luke warm and he would eat. Try this,but he may have a bad tooth or somehing wrong with his jaw? Not a vet just trying to help. Sometimes 2 heads or more are better than one.
> Beck and Pooh


That is a very smart idea, Beck.

If a ferret gets dehydrated enough for the sinus membranes to dry out then the food can not be smelled properly and for ferrets that would reduce the appeal of food.

Besides, a dry throat can interfere with eating, too.





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