From:
"vickie"
Date: 2009-06-22 16:07:34 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: wildfire and a poop problem
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "Tressie" <tressiedu@...> wrote:
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> Suddenly taking her off her old food would certainly cause diarreah. Ferrets need to be weaned off old food gradually.
>
> The redness in her bottom area would likely be scalding from her incontinence. It does sound as though she has little, if any control, which would suggest spinal/nerve/brain injury from the entrapment episode. If she was 'stuck' she could have injured her spine struggling to get out. If she was suffocating her brain may have been deprived of oxygen.
>
> These are all potentially serious consequences that need to be evaluated and treated by a ferret knowledgeable veterinarian.
>
> As the Moderator has emphasized - time is of the essence.
>
>
> Tressie
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OK LET ME MAKE MYSELF CLEARER, SHE WAS TRAPPED IN HIS COUCH NOT STUCK, SHE COULDN'T FIND HER WAY BACK OUT.
HE SAID SHE WAS BARLY BREATHING, PROBABLY FRO BEING INSIDE THE COUCH AND NOT GETTING ENOUGH AIR,
AFTER SHE WAS OUT SHE PERKED UP FINE AND HE SAID SHE WAS RUNNING AROUND AND PLAYING AFTER A FEW MINUTES,
SHE DID NOT HAVE ANY POOPING PROBLEM AT HIS HOUSE AND THATS FROM A FRIEND OF HIS WHO HELPED GET HER OUT OF THE COUCH AND HAS BEEN AROUND HER A FEW TIMES BEFORE THE COUCH THING,
HER BOTTOM BEING RED COULD HAVE RESULTED FROM BEING IN WET CEDAR CHIPS, DURING THE TIME HE HAD HER, BECAUSE ALL OF THE REDNESS IS GONE
AND SHE HAS BEEN POOPING IN MY KITCHEN AND IN THE BATHROOM AND NOT IN THE HAMMIES OR MY BED FOR THE LAST 4 DAYS NOW,
SHE PLAYS HARD AND IS FAST, SHE WRESLES WITH THE MY OTHER FERRETS,
SHE ALSO IS NOT DROPPING POOP WHEN SHE PLAYS ANYMORE EITHER,
SHE EATS AND DRINKS GOOD,
SHE DOESN'T HAVE NO LIMPING,
SHE WAS NEVER PROLASPED EITHER, I KNOW WHAT PROLASPES LOOK LIKE AND WHAT CAUSES THEM.
SHE WAS NOT TAKEN STRAIGHT OFF THE CRAP FOOD EITHER, IT WAS MIXED IN WITH OTHER FOOD.
AS FOR THE VETS MONEY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT, [instead with availability of] APPOINTMENTS.
[Language eased in line above. -- Mod]
I HAVE TALKED TO MY VET AND SHE SAID TO KEEP AN EYE ON HER AND TO BRING HER IN IF ANYTHING ELSE TAKES PLACE. SHE ALSO THINKS IT'S A AJUSTMENT PROBLEM. SEEINGS AS THERE ARE NO OTHER SYMTOMS AND THAT HER POOPING PROBLEM IS GETTING BETTER.
I ALSO HAVE BEEN A FERRET OWNER SINCE 2002 AND MY OLDEST FERRET IS 7 AND HE'S DOING GOOD AND I HAVE OTHERS HERE AND THEY ARE DOING GOOD AND EVERYONE IS HEALTHY AND HAPPY AND AREN'T HURTING FOR ANYTHING.
[Section that violates an FHL rule removed.
Please, see the Files section to read FHL rules.
--Mod]
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