From:
"MJB"
Date: 2009-11-14 17:36:43 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: hairball Update and pumpkin use
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
You are right and wrong. You can use the Pumpkin to bind the obstructed object and PULL it through the intestine. I learned that on animal planet of all places (yes on a ferret) and also saw it here on the FHL before that I am pretty sure, maybe it wa on the FML. On animal planet is where I learned to mix it with a little meat baby food so they would eat it readily! The episode on AP they X-Rayed the ferret every few hours so it showed the movement of the obstruction, it was really cool and I really learned a lot. SO, you can use it for an obstruction. Thanks, Mary Jo
Ps- I had used this pumpkin regime last year on a ferret that had swallowed a foreign object also and it worked. She pooped it out while at the vets waiting for an Ultrasound! I went ahead with that Ultrasound to make sure all was okay and she was clear.
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, TheRagans@... wrote:
>
> What is the best product to use if a partial obstruction is suspected?
>
> Thanks in advance .... Tamera in South Bend, new to the list.
>
>
> In a message dated 11/13/2009 1:46:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> risadg@... writes:
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> I wanted to mention though, so it is clear to others trying to loosen a
> possible hairball, that pumkin is not the thing to use. Pumpkin binds the
> stool, to use occasionally in cases of diarhea. It is not to use with a ferret
> with a possible obstruction.
>
>
>
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> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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