From:
"Sukie Crandall"
Date: 2008-02-11 19:23:10 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Allergies?? puffy face, scabs, and swelling in feet
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
We have a ferret who reacts to some food colorings and some pollens with skin sores and
sometimes secondary bacterial skin infections.
In the past we had another ferret who was allergic to all poultry and removing that from
his diet greatly helped his IBD. He was find with non-poultry and with Feline Z/D which
breaks down the proteins into amino acids to make it hypoallergenic. There is a case of a
ferret with even more allergies in the archives
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
Look up
RinkyDink
The stool color worries me and I think that Carafate and other treatment for possible
ulcers might be an important addition to treatment.
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "friendly_asparagus" <friendly_asparagus@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi
> My ferret is about 3 years old, he has what the vet thinks is IBS. He
> lost a lot of weight,and black green slimy stools. I thought it was
> ECE but she was sure it wasn't and prescribe him Amoxidrops and
> Flagyl. The reason that I'm writing is that just before we went to the
> vet I gave him duck soup and he seemed to have an allergic reaction-
> scabs behind ears, a patch over his left shoulder he scratched raw,
> puffy face. She gave him a benadryl shot the first visit (and the
> meds.) and the second time I went back she gave him a steroid shot-
> after she checked his ears for mites and skin. Both shots worked
> alright but wore off, and now he is almost done with the meds. but his
> face is even more puffy, his feet are swollen(off and on)and the
> scratching his even causing more scabs.
> (just to clarify too, the vet is indeed an exotic vet)
> I'm not giving anything but dry food- which is fine his weight is
> better now
>
> Sorry this message is scattered, but I just want to lay all the facts out.
> I also thought it was the detergent that I clean his bedding with, but
> I changed that too (no difference) to elimate it as a factor.
> He has a cage mate (for about 2 years) and he is fine, no symptoms
> I use to keep them on a screen porch when i lived in SC-the weather
> was okay for it, but now I live in raleigh NC
> I thought that maybe it was something inside because when i move them
> in was right about the time he got these side effects.
> please help
>
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