From:
"Jeff"
Date: 2010-03-16 21:19:23 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] URGENT - Sick ferret with no clear diagnosis.
To: <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>
Some things, such as a hairball blockage, would not show up on a regular x-ray, but would show up on a barium x-ray. Did you run a barium x-ray? A blockage by hairball or some other unknown object would be consistent with bacterial infection, loss of appetite, weird colored feces, and small feces. A few weeks ago our boy Pop started losing his appetite, losing weight, and having weird, small, and smelly feces/diarrhea. We gave him several doses of Ferretlax over a 2-day span, and he passed the biggest hairball I've ever seen in a ferret. Actually, hair log is a more accurate description. After that, he went back to normal quickly, started eating like a horse again, and quickly gained back his weight and energy.
Jeff
In Memory of Trinny, Neo, Pip, Mr. Parker, and Possum the Million Dollar Ferret
Caring for Morphy, Baby Girl, Luna, Dozer, Sabrina, Minnie Mouse, and Pop
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