From:
"taraelmore"
Date: 2007-03-23 01:13:44 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] sick ferret
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Hello,
I am hoping someone out here can give me some advice regarding my
sick ferret, Jynx. Jynx is my 6 year old DEW girl who is adrenal.
She receives melatonin injections for this every 3-4 months- last one
in February.
Last week Jynx became very lethargic- only getting up to eat and walk
a few steps to poop. I was going to take her to the vet on
Wednesday, but she seemed to start improving. Then over the weekend
after the vet closed (of course) she started to decline again
rapidly. I gave her 0.25 ml Amoxi drops and 0.6ml of Prednisolone
until I could get her to the vet Monday morning. The vet could not
find any sign of infection, her blood work came back good except for
her liver enzymes being slightly elavated, her glucose was a little
low (78), and her spleen seems a little large.
My vet told me to continue with the Amoxy and Pred and see if she
improves. Today is Thursday and she hasn't improved. I took her
back to the vet this morning.
Here are her symptoms: She has a fever which comes and goes, she is
sneezing more than usual, scratching her ears (left one mainly) and
shaking her head like there's something in her ears. She is very
wobbly and unsteady when she does get up. She is very lethargic
(this was my ferret who up until 2 weeks ago played with anything and
everything). Her poops are very, very tiny (dime sized).
She still has an appetite- eating a good bit of chicken baby food and
a little bit of her own kibble. A couple mornings she has had a
teeny, tiny bit of greenish discharge in her nose. She also seems to
be breathing faster than normal and makes tiny noises when she
breathes (almost like a nose whistle),and was making a little whimper
noise when I picked her up, but thankfully that hasn't happened today.
Today the vet xrayed her chest and abdomen. She said that there were
no masses or signs of blockage, and all of her organs (heart, liver,
lungs, kidneys, etc) look fine. She also checked her ears during her
physical and said that Jynx's ears are fine. Her glucose level was
up to 193 (but she had her meds this morning whereas she didn't on
Monday and she ate more this morning). The vet said it may be more
than one thing she is experiencing and to continue with the amoxy and
pred to see if she improves. If not, she will then do a sonogram.
If you have any ideas, experience, suggestions, etc please email me
at tlelmore@cox.net.
Thanks so much and I hope all your ferrets are happy and healthy,
Tara E
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