From:
"Sukie Crandall"
Date: 2008-08-19 01:23:12 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: HELP! My ferrets have ece!
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Have the professionals at the vet hospital you use
teach you hands-on how to safely give sub-cutaneous
(under skin) fluids and how to safely force feed. Force
feeding carries the risk of aspiration pneumonia so you
need to learn this in a hospital setting from a professional.
There are many reasons ECE can cause a ferret to not eat.
Even dehydration alone can do it, so try warmed a/d or
warmed meat baby food with water. Add in the discomfort
and it can take patience and techniques to get your ferret
eating so I have included info below to help you.
Some sources of more basic info to get you started onto
progress:
http://www.afip.org/consultation/vetpath/ferrets/ECE/ECE.html
http://www.afip.org/consultation/vetpath/ferrets/babyfood.html
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/YG5072
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/YG2634
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/SG2808
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/SG3464
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/SG4796
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/SG1245
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/FHL1976
Sukie (not a vet)
Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "bullet_angel_wings" <imarocknhottie@...> wrote:
>
> Hi I have 3 ferrets (we just got a 2 month old) and two of them
> contracted ece from our little boy....we took them to the vet today and
> they received a fluid injection (15 cc for the female and 30 cc for the
> male) and were put on prednizone. Well our 8 month old little boy is
> bouncing back (he wasn't eating or drinking), but our 3 year old girl
> is not doing so well....we are force feeding her and forcing liquids
> into her but she doesn't want them it is a constant battle to get
> anything into her, she won't even take treat or ferritone any more!
> Please help if you have any ideas!
>
>
> Nikki
> Macy, Rambo and Diesel
>
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