Message Number: FHL4488 | New FHL Archives Search
From: "Sukie Crandall"
Date: 2008-04-07 03:59:07 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Ferret not using front legs
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com

Later images can be found in FHL photo album:

http://pets.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/photos/browse/9a50

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Bandit

It is always important to remember that ONLY ferret health
photos can be accepted, which those two are. The reason
for this is because twice in the past members used up all
of the photo space for photos of healthy ferrets or even for
non-ferret photos. Both times someone needed to post
ferret health photos to get help with serious medical problems
but found no space left. Hence, the rule so that ferrets can
be saved.


--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "tmj4c" <tifanij@...> wrote:
>
> I have 4 month old ferret, Bandit. About a week ago, he suddenly quit
> using his right arm. We took him to the vet that same day, but after x-
> rays, she really wasn't sure what was wrong. She first thought his
> elbow was broken, then just dislocated. We bandaged his arm for the
> next week. The bandage came off after a week, so we took him to another
> vet. She took more x-rays and said everything was healing and
> recommended we leave the bandage off. Well, now he's not using EITHER
> leg! He scoots around pushing his back legs. Sometimes he'll hop a bit
> on his front two legs, but only about maybe a third of the time. The
> whole time he was bandaged up, he used his left arm just fine.
> Immediately after returning from the vet, he's rarely using either.
> It's only been a day - is this normal ferret behavior? Could he just
> have temporarily lost his ability to balance?
>
> Here are his second set of x-rays, taken after the bandage came off. To
> me, the elbows BOTH look out of socket but the second vet cleared it. I
> don't have his first x-rays - I'll try and go pick them up.
>
> X-RAY:
> http://img178.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ferrets113pc7.jpg
>




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