From:
"suzetteschumaker_fpg_1"
Date: 2009-08-22 12:46:50 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] The Flu & Phenomnia
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
HI all I have a question about the flu and phenomnia .Monday morning I got up and let my babies out of bed and noticed later on that one of my girls , 6 yrs old , was coughing and acting a bit wierd so right away I called my ferret vet and he got her right in on Tues morning, then when I got up Tues morning I had another one acting the same way, male , also 6 yrs in age ,so I took him also, after an exam on both found out that they had the flu which had turned into Phenomnia with both, the vet asked if anyone has been sick and nobody in this household has had the flu at all, so I am assuming that it was carried in bye someone from outside the home. We still dont have any flu symptoms ( the humans ) here. Anyways he put them on Baytril, 2 times a day am & pm doses, and added some flaver compound to it , I am seeing a bit of improvement in them since tuesday , they are eating there duck soup 3 times a day, and drinking plenty of water . I have them seperated in a hospital cage
away from my other 6 babies since Monday, and needles to say when I got home from the vet on Tues did a through cleaning of my fert room trying to keep the others from getting this awful virus, I have been changing bedding everyday and food and water dishes every time they eat a new meal. Has anyone had this happen to their babies when nobody in the house has been sick with the flu, Im just wondering if there can be another cause for this, I am just assuming that someone carried it in the house and they got it. We had been to south carolina the week of aug 7th , my son graduated from the marines, and then came home with us for 10 day leave , maybe we picked up something there , they all were fine when we left that week . It had been so busy around here that I wasnt spending the time with them that I normally do , and If would have caught it sooner, maybe it woouldnt have gotten so bad for them , I dont know. Well I just wanted some feedback on this and any more advice about
flu babies on careing for them and anything else that I can do for them.
Thank -You ,
FertMommie of 8 and owned bye
Simion-3yr
Ozzy-3yr
Eli-2yr
Zeek-6yr
Emily-8yr
Bear-2yr
Zarri-2yr
Jazzi-6yr
[Sometimes humans can be resistant to an influenza
so it will not be noticeable or might seem like a minor
infection, but it is still just as contagious from them. On
rare occasion ferrets can infect humans but their coughs
and sneezes are tiny plus they don't carry viruses and
more on their hands like we do, so it is far, far more likely
for humans to infect ferrets rather than the other way around.
Congratulations on finding and treating the pneumonia in
time. Far too often that doesn't happen. It can be very hard
to spot in them and sometimes produces almost no symptoms
until it is very advanced.-- Moderator]
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