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| Happy Camper |
We have a 6-year old white male ferret who became sick about a month and a
half ago (almost 2 months now). He had some sort of stomach trouble. We had
him on antibiotic and medicine for his stomach and tried flagyl (which we
could not get in him at all). We hand fed him and gave him our own version
of duck soup. Our vet (who is ferret knowledgeable) was not sure what was
causing it. He is getting Lupron once a month for adrenal as well. She
thought there might be an enlarged lymph, too. We finally got him back to
eating fairly regular and his stool has been, for the most part, very good.
However, he has never put his weight back on fully and recently has become
very aggressive. Not to the other ferrets but to us and the carpet and our
slippers! He has always like biting on velcro but has started biting the
hall rugs and our slippers (while we're wearing them) very, very vigorously.
In the past week he as taken to trying to bite our hands and ankles very
hard. We're sure it's because he is still feeling sick but don't know how
to deal with it other than keeping him in a cage 24-7. (All of our ferrets
have free roam of our small, ferret-proofed house).
Has anyone had an experience like this or any suggestions. Is there any
medicine (and we are talking to the vet in the next day or two about this)
that can keep him calmer? We have just started him on the flagyl that is
put on the skin and we're hoping that might have an effect, but so far after
two days there seems to be none.
Apprecriating any helpful suggestions.
HC
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| lin |
"Happy Camper" <dcwhitemannospam@comcast.net> wrote
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> He is getting Lupron once a month for adrenal as well.
I'd bet the rent that's whats causing the aggression. When 2 of my 4 ferrets
became adrenal, one of the very *first* signs was aggression, in both of
them. Once they had surgery to remove the affected gland, the aggression
went away.
Is there a reason your guy can't have surgery to remove the offending gland?
Surgery really is the only sure-fire method of getting rid of adrenal
disease.
--
Lin, Ariel, Oberon, Max, & Puck
To email me back, take out everything from "K" to "2"
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