From:
"narcotic_future"
Date: 2010-01-15 07:33:28 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] male spay
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Hi there,
I had my male spayed 4 days ago and apparently he is still trying to mate with my female ferret. Is this normal?
On the other hand, he had some locomotion problems when he was a baby (up to 4 months, he could barely walk). The doctor gave him some calcium and vitamins, but the recovery was slow. Now, after this procedure, it seems that this problem reappeared; his back legs are weak again.
Is there anything you know about this?
Thank you in advance,
Roxana
[He might have had rickets. It can happen when the maternal diet is
not high enough in calcium and in the last 5 years there have been a
number of breeders warning others that at-home made meat diets and
meals of "pinky" mice or of chicks are way too low in calcium, resulting
rickets (which some people call "swimmers" in four legged animals).
Now, any serious assault on the body will cause hind end weakness in
a ferret, and a ferret with rickets in the past may feel the effects more
than others. I know that when I got a peripheral neurological problem
that hit my lower limbs I wound up reverting to foot and ankle positions
from the skew z clubfeet and varus ankles with which I was born, and
certainly in other species you'll find limbs also reflecting their personal
history because some forms of weakness remain and compromising
problems can cause damage to show itself more.
--Moderator (SDC)]
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