From:
aclavern33@aol.com
Date: 2008-09-22 14:10:14 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Ferret with cold?
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Violet came down with what appears to be flu/cold type symptoms. High fever
sudden onset, runny nose, runny eye, lethargic....and the big
one...completely stuff up can not breath through her nose. Mouth breathing, sneezing.
clear drainage from nose and eye.
Poop is normal. peeing is normal. She wants to play and wants attention.
We have no vet care here on the weekends. Our ferret vet has moved over 100
miles away.
I have been providing 100% support with chicken baby food, water. She is
eager to eat and hungry at EVERY feeding. At first she was VERY weak. Falling
over to poo, unable to really stand.
Today she is standing, wobbly but walking. Still is completely blocked
nose. she is sneezing a lot. It sounds like she is breathing out through her
nose but in through her mouth. I have been sub Q fluids to keep her going.
Giving benedryl to see if that will help. One nostril looks like it has a cut
on it. I am wondering if she has gotten bitten by something. Her temp which
was 103 is now back to ferret rage normal 101.5. Also using Marshal's
respiratory RX and Afrin one tiny drop per nostril every 12 hrs. She has no other
symptoms or rashes. Shots are up to date.
I have tried saline nose drops on her nose, using steam and all the other
remedy's used for small human baby with stopped up nose! Nothing seems to
really be giving her the relief she needs.
My daughter had a viral illness that presented the same way with sudden high
fever and flu like symtoms...it passed within a few days. I also had the
same thing happen to me over the weekend. Within a few hours of finding her
sick. I got sick with high fever 103 chills and flu like symptoms. They were
all gone about 24 hrs later when the fever broke.
I need some advice since there is NO ferret vet here.
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