From:
Vicki Montgomery
Date: 2009-09-29 17:13:57 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] ferret with diarrhea
To: Ferret-Health-list@yahoogroups.com, ferretcare@yahoogroups.com, ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
There have been several people on different forums asking about recurrent o=
r prolonged diarreah infections in their ferrets, even after initial treatm=
ents.
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Some of these ferrets with diarreah have been diagnosed with Insulinoma whi=
ch disease causes or contributes to chronic diarreah no matter what steps a=
re taken to quell the condition.
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One person has also provided a bacteria infection diagnosis of clostridium.=
I find this bacterial infection particularily interesting.
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I looked-up information about this bacteria and found that it is carried in=
both humans and animals - not normally, but when one becomes infected it c=
an be challenging to clear one's bowels of the spores. When all of the spor=
es are not killed reinfection and another bout of diarreah occurs.
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http://textbookofbacteriology.net/clostridia.html
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http://www.gihealth.com/html/education/printable/printCdifficileRecurrent.h=
tml
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The second link listed provides some ideas of alternative treatments - prob=
iotics being one. If your ferret(s) is(are) experiencing prolonged or recur=
rent diarreah you might want to have yourself tested at some point or take =
some probiotics yourself. While these infections may be occuring/reoccuring=
from only one ferret it can spread and if the ferret(s) is cleared of the =
bacteria and you have it in your bowel system it is possible that you (any =
person coming in contact with these ferrets) are infecting/reinfecting them=
.
Just a thought...
Vicki
Vicki Montgomery
Tricks and Treats Rescue
Greater Houston/Galveston Texas
713-472-6599=C2=A0 ferretfrenzy@yahoo.com
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"Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man wi=
ll not himself find peace." ~ Dr. Albert Schweitzer
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