From:
"Susan Liszewski DVM"
Date: 2009-07-26 11:41:02 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Sick Ferret - Looking For Advice
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
How old is he and was he tested for insulinoma, even a basic blood glucose? I would be sure this was done and then go from there. Best of luck to you.
Dr Sue
TLC First Animal Hospital
Chicago, IL 60631
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "ashg2509" <ashg2509@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone [:)] ,
>
> I am new to this group. I am posting because I have a very ill ferret
> and am looking for some advice. I have been to the vet many times and
> the treatments are not working - he continues to go down hill. I am
> hoping that perhaps someone on here may have some ideas on what he could
> have or where to go from here.
>
> Victor has been sick for about 2 and a half months now, and continues to
> get worse no matter what we do. It started off with him sleeping a bit
> more than usual, green, runny stool and vomiting. The vomiting and green
> stool stopped after two days, but he still was sleeping a lot and had
> diarrhea. After a week and a half of this I took him to the vet and a
> fecal sample was taken and tested and showed a great increase in
> bacteria, but nothing too unusual. The diagnosis was ECE (even though
> none of my other 5 ferrets had any of these symptoms and were healthy).
>
> Victor was put on an antibiotic mix of Medronidazole and Amoxil for a
> week. His symptoms seemed to clear up but he was still sleeping a lot.
> After his week of antibiotics was up he continued to sleep lots wasn't
> eating much and had severe, liquid diarrhea. After a week he was put on
> the same antibiotic mix but for two weeks this time. His symptoms again
> seemed to get better when on the antibiotics, yet he was still sleeping
> alot.
>
> Once he was done his second round of antibiotics, he got worse than ever
> before. He started sleeping 24/7, stopped eating his dry food, had
> constant diarrhea and developed ulcers. He had also lost half a pound in
> just a week, and has absolutely no muscle mass, he's just skin and
> bones. He was taken to the vet to have blood work done, and the results
> showed that he was anemic with very low protein levels and a low red
> blood count. The vet believes he has internal bleeding, but there is no
> dark stool.
>
> He was then put on another antibiotic mix of Clarithromycin and
> Amoxicillin for two weeks, which he is currently still on. He is being
> fed canned food mixed with water and Omega 3 fish oil every four hours,
> and is given sulcralfate a half hour before every meal. He doesn't have
> diarrhea anymore because I now add pumpkin to his food, but he is thin
> as can be, is sleeping all the time, he's only up to use the bathroom
> and eat, that's it!
>
> Any advice or ideas on what he could have would be greatly appreciated!!
>
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