From:
"Irene"
Date: 2008-03-24 17:35:23 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Ferret Losing a Great Deal of Weight
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
I have a 4 year old baby boy that has an enlarged spleen, shows
anemic, and has terrible appetite for food. He is a fairly large
ferret and went from weighing about 4 pounds to weighing now 2.5
pounds. They are worried about taking the spleen out because he is
anemic and they said the spleen creates the red blood cells that he
needs and if they take it out, he may have worse problems with being
anemic. I am now feeding him 4 times a day, but he is sooo boney and
I am so worried about what is going on inside of him. He wobbles when
he walks as if his hind area is very weak and sometimes he even drags
his stomach when he seems so tired. He has also been biting the
carpet like crazy, although I know he has not swollowed any of it,
and he even bit myself and my husband yesterday, which is totally out
of character for him. Can any of you please help me with my baby. I
am scared I am going to lose him soon and that would just kill me.
They have done ever test possible and cannot find anything wrong with
him at all. The bone marrow was normal, the lympnodes were normal,
and there was nothing wrong with his prostate or stomach at all. If
any of you have any advice on what might be wrong and what I can do
to get him eating more and getting his weight back up, I would be
eternally grateful to you. I really need to help this my baby.
Irene
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