From:
Mike
Date: 2010-06-13 02:26:42 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] ECE Recovery
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, F M L <ferret-L@listserv.ferretmailinglist.org>
I have been posting about my ferret Sprout off and on for a couple months n=
ow.=A0 He had/has ECE.=A0 He has been been recovering for about 3 months no=
w.=A0 I guess not really recovering he has been sick with it for 3 months n=
ow.
=A0
His weight has gone between 2 lbs 3 ounces and 1 lbs 14 ounces.=A0 He has a=
couple good days then several bad days, then a couple good days, the sever=
al bad days and on like that.=A0He has=A0been going through this cycle for =
weeks now and it seems the bad days are winning out over the good days, bec=
ause he doesn't recover enough during the good days to offset the bad days.=
=A0 He goes from eating very well (licking the pureed chicken from a syring=
e), and then eating some kibble,=A0to only eating about half=A0and me havin=
g to insist he keep eating, to his all out refusal to eat anything where I =
scruff him and carefully force him to eat some.
=A0
Currently we are in day two of the bad days part of his cycle.=A0 He doesn'=
t want to eat and trys to back up out of my arms or crawl over my shoulder =
to get a way from the food.=A0 I scruffed him and forced him to eat about 1=
5 mls of food.=A0 Then I put him on the floor (he likes to wipe his face an=
d chin on the floor after being fed.=A0 Within 5 minutes he was vomiting (n=
ot all of the food maybe a third of it).=A0 Now I feel like a mean heartles=
s brute for forcing him to eat.
=A0
I don't want him to die but if he is going to die I don't want his last day=
s to be a time of force feedings.=A0 I want his last days to be happy and f=
ull of love.
=A0
Has anyone gone through this with their fuzzy, who can offer any words of w=
isdom and encouragement?=A0
=A0
Every time he has bad days I'm a wreck with worry.=A0 One his good days I s=
till worry but at least I feel encouraged.=A0 On his bad days I'm worried s=
ick and I see nothing encouraging.
=A0
Thank you
=A0
Mike
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