From:
"Susan Liszewski DVM"
Date: 2009-02-14 21:04:58 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: 6 yr old male ferret, IBD and/or other??
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Is he on any medication?
The orange color could be related to a liver issue. I don't know
what he is talking about on the x rays since a black spot just sounds
strange. X rays are pretty subjective and there is a lot we can't
see. Sometimes an ultrasound can enlighten you.
If he has IBD then he may need a special diet (something easier to
digest etc.) and possibly be put on prednisolone. There are a lot of
things going on and it sounds like he didn't give you a lot of info.
Ask a lot of questions of him.
We would prob fair better with Carafate over Peptobismol and it is
easier to get down in most cases. He might benefit by being treated
for a gastric ulcer and heliobactor gastritis.
He prob has a lot of Gut pain and this needs to be addressed. I know
this is vague but don't know what he is on right now either. I would
use Amoxi bare minimum since it is good for the liver and the
bacteria that causes the ulcers.
Check out some of the health links at Miamiferret.org and you might
find more info for you and your vet. Best of luck to you. Hope you
find things that help.
Dr. Sue
TLC First Animal Hospital
Chicago
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, autumn whispers
<autumn.whisperstome@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a 6yr old ferret (Boo Boo) who has had 2 bouts of ulcer
treatments
> over the past few years. He has an enlarged spleen, and his latest
xrays
> showed, and I'll quote the vet.. "kidneys a little more visible
than I
> like," "a small dark mass that is not attached to the adrenals,"
and "his
> heart is a little larger than I like, but still normal." He said
he even
> pulled out a few books to look for a comparison on the heart.
>
> All labs were normal and good.
>
> His colon had 'thicker lining,' which the vet said was inflammation
(IBD).
>
> He is on .6 ml of amoxi every 12 hours, 1ml of Activia yogurt
(vanilla, full
> fat, NOT sugar free) hour after after meds, and pepto bismol every
4-6
> hours. The Pepto I doubt he's getting enough of because he fights
> vigorously and most of the pepto I give him he flings all over the
place...
> on me, him, everywhere. I have no idea if he's getting enough, but
I'm
> afraid to re-dose him. I honestly don't think he's getting enough.
>
> His poo has been off and on somewhat loose, somewhat normal.
Lately, about
> a week ago, he had a bowel movement that was mucousy and bloody.
Showed
> some darker/older blood, and pink fresher blood. The dark could be
from the
> poop sitting a little bit before I found it?
>
> He gets two servings of soupy kibble, morning and night, to
supplement his
> eating, and it's been this way for a couple years, since his first
ulcer.
> He had trouble going back to kibble, and still has some trouble
eating much
> kibble at one time, possible problem chewing, though no dental
problems can
> be seen to cause this.
>
> This morning while he was eating, his bottom was 'leaking' an
orange-colored
> liquid/mucous. I didn't notice at first, because I give him his
amoxi after
> he eats. I scruffed him, gave him his meds, and when I took him
back to the
> cage (have to block off certaqin rooms before letting them out for
the day),
> I felt something wet on my arm. I looked at his bottom and he had
this wet,
> orange, pinkish stuff on his bum and somewhat on his tail. I
cleaned him
> off and found there was quite a bit. I kept wiping it off, but it
seemed to
> keep leaking. When I put him back in the cage and started to walk
away, I
> felt something wet under my foot, and when I looked down there were
little
> 'puddles' of something wet, about 4 or 5. I wiped it up and saw
that it was
> the same stuff that was coming out of his bottom. At this point I
looked at
> my shirt and saw where it had gotten on my shirt and 'dribbled'
down the
> fabric. In the kitchen, on the towel he stands/lays on to eat his
soupy
> kibble... the orange spot was there.
>
> So it appears that he has no idea this stuff was coming out of
him. It's
> strange, too, because it began apparently while he was eating, and
it got
> really bad, then sort of stopped. I haven't checked his bottom in
about 15
> mins.
>
> Could that dark spot that was near or on, possibly IN his colon
have been
> some sort of infection or cyst that broke and ran out his bottom?
>
> I'm lost, and I'm waiting for the vet to call back. Boo Boo will
most
> likely have to be taken back today.
>
> Any help would be great.
>
> I have to pick up a copy of my own labs from my doctor in a few
minutes, so
> I won't be back on the computer for an hour or so.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Ella
>
>
> --
> ......................................................
> "It was as if she walked in faded sepia of an old photo, wandering a
> colorless, depthless snapshot along an empty street." E. Riddle
>
> "It's how we treat the humblest among us that surely determines the
fate of
> our soul." -D. Koontz
>
>
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>
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