From:
"Tressie"
Date: 2008-01-16 11:56:47 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Ferret showing two (probably unrelated) symptoms
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
In reference to the potential of a stomach ulcer (i.e. Helicobacter)
Carafate or Pepto Bismal are not enough. She needs to be on a
combination of Amoxicillin and Metronidazole to treat the ulcer, as well
as one of the other preparations you've mentioned to soothe her tummy.
I had one fuzzy with an ulcer and this combination worked but she had to
be on it for 2 weeks. Her stools by the way were not always tarry, the
occasional darkish stool that is all.
You say she's been grinding her teeth for weeks. This can be serious.
I strongly encourage you to take her to a veterinarian as soon as
possible for assessment.
If it is a stomach ulcer she is at risk of having it eat through her
stomach lining into the underlying artery and causing a bleed out. And
if that happens she will die.
Get her to a vet.
Tressie
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "Emily" <rocknroll_songbird@...>
wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
> I come looking for advice this time for my 7 year old female,
> Phoebe, who has two different problems going on.
>
> The first is tooth-grinding and loss of appetite. I know the
> immediate red-flag there is stomach ulcers. However, we've had her
> on 2x daily Pepto Bismul and then switched to Carafate 3x a day,
> (about 45 mins. before food), and have been spoon feeding her Gerber
> chicken baby food with a tiny bit of blended up kibble mixed in (and
> a vitamin supplement on the side) for weeks now and her tooth-
> grinding hasn't subsided, nor has her appetite come back. In fact we
> have to syringe feed her sometimes because she even refuses to be
> spoon fed her "soup". She has been drinking a normal amount of
> water, though, and her poop looks normal (not off-colored, not runny
> or tarry).
>
> Any advice appreciated,
> ~Emily and the kids (Phoebe, Bailey, Lily, and Linus)
>
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