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From: "celebrateoften"
Date: 2008-05-05 12:36:46 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Rico overeating in Ethiopia
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com

Last night I posted to my old topic (Coccidia and Gastritis in
Ethiopia ...) becasue Rico, the latest ferret to show symptoms, has
begun eating a tremendous amount, but it occurs to me that this is
essentially a new topic.

He ate 1/3 cup at one time last night (the last time I observed
him). The food they eat is very close to "chicken gravy" but not
liquid (you can see the ingredients and amounts from that post).

His last three poops have been mushy w undigested food in them, and
chicken-meat colored. The first two had a little liquid in them,
unless it was just urine that ran into them.

Abt 30 - 60 min after I wrote that last post, I took a look at him,
and he was licking in his sleep at the same tempo as when he eats.
In fact his bed was a little damp in one spot. No damage to the bed;
we aren't sure if he was actually licking it or just licking in thin
air.

I wanted to move him to his cage, and when he awoke fully, he wanted
to go to his plate and eat some more!

The only guess I have is could the stomach coater be preventing him
from absorbing all the food he eats. He has gained a little weight,
but not what Iwould have expected from this 2-3-day binging.

There is no pet stomach coater here, so we have been using a human
one -- Elkopas, made in Greece. "Suspension 240 ml" " Al Hydroxide
22mg/5ml" "Mg Hydroxide 195 mg/5ml"

He gets 1 ml/dose, and I have gone down fr 4xday to once.

GOt any ideas about this overeating?


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