From:
Russell Prater
Date: 2007-06-29 14:58:54 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] What are the best things I can be doing for IBD?
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
I am not a vet. The first thing is to change his diet to something that
contains no chicken or corn. If that doesn't work, change his diet to a
food with no poultry or corn. See this list for ingredients.
http://www.mdferretpaws.org/care/food_treats.html
A small dose of PediaPred(say 0.25ml) daily may help. Discuss that with
your vet.
cherylnj81 wrote:
> Particularly EE, wwhat are the best things I can be doing to help a
> ferret with EE? The ferret is 5 y.o., on Pepcid AC and Carafate
> regimen, eating mostly chicken/turkey baby food. He is offered Hills
> ZD and Totally Ferret Active/Show ferrets also, but for the last month
> has been gaining good weight on the baby food. The biggest problem is
> the fatigue. We have tested him for insulinoma and no problems there.
> Is there anything else that can mimic EE? Should I transition him to
> eat something else? I have seen odd things on the board, like pumpkin
> pie filler and such. I want to be giving him the best things. He
> also lives with 5 other ferrets so they would also be transitioning to
> the new foods.
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