From:
"stonesherry90"
Date: 2009-06-30 12:41:06 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Seedy, Loose Poop but acts normal help
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
One of mine had the yellow, seedy, poop as well. The only thing that helped was a)cutting out grains, and b)cutting out chicken. Turned out he had a sensitivity to it, and wasn't digesting/absorbing the nutrients from foods with this. Which in turn caused the yellow, seedy stool.
I decided to go the route of a raw diet, with tremendous success. I also know of some who simply switch to various other kibble, without the grain/chicken combo.
So, for whatever reason, it does sound like the food is moving through him too fast, and he's not getting the nutrition he needs.
Sherry
[Moderator:
I have permission to enclose quotes from
Dr. Bruce William's articles.
http://www.miamiferret.org/poop_chart.htm
includes two sections that could be
useful for the original poster
BEGIN QUOTES
Green poop - a very non-specific sign - it just
means that food is moving through too fast. The
normal brown color seen in feces is the end product
of breakdown of old red blood cells. The pigment
goes through a green stage called biliverdin, before it
becomes brown (called stercobilin). So if it is going
through at an accelerated rate, it never breaks all the
way down, and has a green color to it. Anything that
accelerates passage of food or causes diarrhea can
result in green color - ECE, rapid food changes,
lymphoma, just about anything.
...
Birdseed poop - Generally a sign of maldigestion or
malabsorption. Also non-specific, it can be seen with
any disease that severely affects the small intestine.
Most commonly seen with ECE, the individual seeds
are usually undigested fat and starch complexes. When
you see this, you should consider removing a ferret from
kibble and going to a bland, easily digested supplement
for a while.
END QUOTED SECTIONS
The medications in the post are Helicobacter meds.
ECE is a coronavirus and antibiotics will only
help with secondary infections. For ECE info
read:
http://www.afip.org/consultation/vetpath/ferrets/Ferret%20IBD.pdf
and see several other GI disease articles there.
There are certainly other GI diseases from
Giardia from puddles, wild waters, and aquaria
to coccidia and more. See, too, his bland diet/
feeding sick ferrets section.]
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