From:
Andrea
Date: 2010-06-24 19:17:55 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Sprout
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
My vet says that if you irritate anything long enough, it'll eventually tur=
n to some sort of cancer... He thinks that there is more undiagnosed IBD or=
allergies or hereditary or something that is going on out there with ferre=
ts, as he says it is not normal for them to have sometimes 'off' poops... o=
f course not meaning that if the ferret gets into something that he's not s=
upposed to have.=A0 I mean like if he's only eating his 'normal' ferret foo=
d and treats, that his poops should always be normal... not sometimes getti=
ng seedy or diarrhea... he says that is not normal and something is going o=
n inside... and if its not treated for, that it'll eventually turn to cance=
r of some sort.=A0
Andrea
--- On Thu, 6/24/10, Kristina Brink <mayhemkb@yahoo.com> wrote:
Both cases presented as a helicobacter infection.=A0 Both cases were caused=
by food allergy and IBD.=A0 Tweek had undiagnosed IBD and Arte had a mild =
ECE, and turkey allergy that sent him over the edge.=A0 EGE can cause lymph=
oma.=A0 It took Tweek over 3 months to be diagnosed, it took Arte a month a=
fter diagnosis to perk up.=A0 I doubt Sprout is strong enough for an explor=
atory with biopsies but you could follow the vets thoughts and treat accord=
ingly.=A0 I found that with the above described treatment we used with Arte=
it provided quite a bit of pain relief.=A0 That alone may help Sprout righ=
t now.
=A0
=20=20=20=20=20
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