From:
"Susan"
Date: 2008-12-26 04:46:36 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Distemper in Arkansas
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
I just wanted to let everyone know that a couple weeks ago a pet
store called me and asked me to take a baby ferret in, he was a
sevear biter and he was a deaf little albino, when i brought him into
the shelter on that friday, he had been seen but the pet store's vet
and they said he had a respatory infection and he was being treated
with amoxl, by wed he was screaming and his nose was runing and his
eyes were matted and greenish, he wouldnt let me pick him up without
trying to attack me and he was screaming, when i got him and put him
in a carrier i rushed him to the vet, he thought he had distemper and
he was in alot of pain, he was helped on over to the rainbow bridge
and they did an atopsy on him and sent it for testing to be sure the
vet never seen a ferret with distemper but he sure had the signs of
it, the test results came back from Calif yesterday after noon and it
was camine distemper, in the mean time there was another baby ferret
brought into a different vet that came from the same batch of ferrets
to the pet store and it had distempter as well it was put to sleep
too. both the vets and petstore are working togather in hopes
not another baby ferret comes in with distemper. thought id give
up on the distemper going aroundnow , im sorry that Dr Ruth lost
some of her babys as well to the new ece outbreak..
Susan Director of
Arkansas Ferret Shelter
[Moderator's Note:
The pet store specifics are not in the post since canine distemper
could have been contracted in the store (people or pets bringing
it in, which sadly in not as unusual as anyone would hope), in
transit, at the distribution center, or at the farm.
There is not enough info here on timing to be able to better narrow
down where the infection happened.
Those who need or want the specifics can write to Susan directly.]
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