From:
Vicki Montgomery
Date: 2006-12-19 18:55:27 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Diarrhea and meds: why's this happening?
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Oh dear;
Honestly a thousand and one things (well almost) could cause your fuzzies to have bowel problems. With all of them having a problem, I would guess it's not genetic but rather an infection. Whether the infection is bacterial or viral or.. other microbe, or even allergens, I can't tell, but your vet should.
The route to get to a definitive diagnosis, however, could be long, arduous, and expensive. Some microbes, as I understand their diagnosis, are only found if a biopsy of the digestive tract if done and analyzed.
The food and treats that you feed, the cleaners you use to make their environment safe, inside candles or air fresheners, outside air coming in, well the list could go on and on, your exposure to a contaminant, then bringing it home, their exposure to a contaminant.
First you do need your vet to tell you as much as he/she can and from there you can try to identify the source. Trying to ID something without knowing what it is can be a bit challenging.
So first - what is it? Is this the first time any of your ferrets have be diganosed with this or is this maybe recurring?
If the vet is able to ID the culprit, then you need to ask - how/where do they get that? How does it reproduce?
Then what do I do to get rid of it? Inside my ferrets and inside my home in their space?
One step at a time. If your vet can't tell you some of that, there are some very experienced people here who may be able to guide you to your answers and there are other sources.
You will beat this .. just hang in there, Emily.
Vicki
rocknroll_songbird <rocknroll_songbird@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hello everyone,
I've got five ferrets with an outbreak of diarrhea, between 3-7
years old.
Two of them were vomiting last night, and are lethargic today. They
each drank a little water and ate a tiny bit of Gerber chicken, and
haven't vomited anymore since early morning. The other three have
more appetite and energy but still have the diarrhea. To go in
depth, the poops are a bright yellow-ish color and quite slimy. In
the past (at separate times) I have had fuzzies with a similar
problem, both of which have taken amoxicillin and the vet gave us
BeneBac, which is a good bacterial supplement (much like yogurt but
without the upsetting dairy) and made a full recovery.
The whole gang is going in to the vet today, probably for
antibiotics, but with all the recent talk over diarrhea and
antibiotics, I needed to ask if anyone thought this was something
worse. And why why why do my ferrets keep having this sort of
problem?! What am I doing wrong? We try to keep things as clean as
possible, and the vet never tells us what could be causing this.
~Emily
Vicki Montgomery
Tricks and Treats Rescue
Greater Houston/Galveston Texas
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