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| Charles Winters |
Our Bacchus is now 9 mos old, a sable-blaze hob bought from Petco (Marshall)
last August. He's been scratching at his ears first thing in the morning,
but otherwise fat, happy and apparently healthy.
Here in the Seattle area, we have a ferret rescue operation. I checked
their web site and found they recommend a vet that is near my home, Exotic
Pet and Bird Clinic in Kirkland WA. This is a first class operation I
highly recommend, genuine ferret specialists. The doctor and his able
assistant weighed him (1.36kg or 2.9lb), took his temp, examined him,
including an otoscope in the ears. The ear problem turned out to be simply
dirt and wax, they prescribed regular cleaning with the usual ear cleaning
fluids. They also gave him distemper and rabies shots and told me to bring
him back for repeat shots in one year.
In addition to being knowledgeable about ferrets, they are real nice people,
with reasonable fees, in every way a distinct change from some cat and dog
vets I encountered. - CW
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| Frank |
Charles Winters wrote:
>
> Our Bacchus is now 9 mos old, a sable-blaze hob bought from Petco (Marshall)
> last August. He's been scratching at his ears first thing in the morning,
> but otherwise fat, happy and apparently healthy.
>
> Here in the Seattle area, we have a ferret rescue operation. I checked
> their web site and found they recommend a vet that is near my home, Exotic
> Pet and Bird Clinic in Kirkland WA. This is a first class operation I
> highly recommend, genuine ferret specialists. The doctor and his able
> assistant weighed him (1.36kg or 2.9lb), took his temp, examined him,
> including an otoscope in the ears. The ear problem turned out to be simply
> dirt and wax, they prescribed regular cleaning with the usual ear cleaning
> fluids. They also gave him distemper and rabies shots and told me to bring
> him back for repeat shots in one year.
>
> In addition to being knowledgeable about ferrets, they are real nice people,
> with reasonable fees, in every way a distinct change from some cat and dog
> vets I encountered. - CW
Not knowing the full history of your Ferrets shot record, this is the
normal procedure.
A Ferret needs a series of three Distemper shots One they get at the
breeder before
shipping, and the new owner should get them the next two. Then
afterward comes
the Rabies shot, and there is only one serum approved for Ferrets.
They should never
get both Distemper and Rabies at the same time as if they have a
reaction you will
not know from which immunization. My Daisy had a slight reaction to
her 2nd Distemper
shot so before the Rabies she received a pre-treatment and had no
problem. I still
question the need for a Rabies shot as in the US there has been only
20 Ferrets
recorded that carried rabies, and it was doubted they could pass it
on.
Some states such as Michigan only require Rabies shots every three
years.
After your Ferret receives a Immunization you should remain in the Vet
office for at
least a half hour in case they have a reaction. They could die very
quickly if they
didn't receive attention immediatly.
There is a blood test for about $40 to tell if your animal still has
immunity, and from
that you could decide whether a shot is needed or not.
Because of the problem I had with Daisy I take immunizations quite
seriosly hence this
message.
Frank, Cinnamon, & Daisy.
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| jacquie, kylie & gilbert |
Don't know why, but I saw your other post first! Glad to hear you're all
set up with a good ferret vet. You're doing everything right!! :-))
Some vets automatically pre-treat with benadryl before vaccinations, some
don't. I almost lost my Kylie to a distemper vaccination two years ago
adn she had even had the benadryl pre-treatment. Her heart stopped three
times in less than two hours. She did finally come back to me, but the vet
said she felt the thing that helped as much as the epinephrine shots was
that I went in the back with the vet when Kylie crashed and I stood right by
her head and kept calling "Kylie - come to mommy" and the vet said she could
see a definite change in Kylie's vital signs when I would talk to her. They
had her on oxygen, gave her epinephrine shots (I think right into the heart)
a couple times, but the vet would keep telling me "keep talking to her"
because that was changing the vital signs. So, my best advice to anyone
would be to get pre-treated each and every immunization you have AND IF your
ferret crashes, DON'T leave their side and keep talking to them, calling
them, etc. Kylie isn't the fireball she was before the reaction, but I'm
very very happy to have my little girl with me. She's quite the cuddlebug
now, rather than such a spitfire....and I love her both ways and am sooo
grateful to have each and every day with her. It's been almost two years
now and I still have to handfeed her a turkey based "soup" four times a day
to keep her weight up (she also got ECE when we got Gilbert six months later
and that was very very hard on her and she has irritable bowel as a result -
thus the turkey based food), but she does play with Gilbert and her quality
of life is excellent. These little ones give you back exactly what you put
into them - in that way they really are just like kids. Spend lots of time
with them and give them top rate, loving devoted care and you will get a top
rate, loving, devoted ferret without exception.
jacquie, kylie & gilbert
Charles Winters <chasw88@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:Y8WdnRGTAvAwuLbfRVn-hw@comcast.com...
> Our Bacchus is now 9 mos old, a sable-blaze hob bought from Petco
(Marshall)
> last August. He's been scratching at his ears first thing in the morning,
> but otherwise fat, happy and apparently healthy.
>
> Here in the Seattle area, we have a ferret rescue operation. I checked
> their web site and found they recommend a vet that is near my home, Exotic
> Pet and Bird Clinic in Kirkland WA. This is a first class operation I
> highly recommend, genuine ferret specialists. The doctor and his able
> assistant weighed him (1.36kg or 2.9lb), took his temp, examined him,
> including an otoscope in the ears. The ear problem turned out to be
simply
> dirt and wax, they prescribed regular cleaning with the usual ear cleaning
> fluids. They also gave him distemper and rabies shots and told me to
bring
> him back for repeat shots in one year.
>
> In addition to being knowledgeable about ferrets, they are real nice
people,
> with reasonable fees, in every way a distinct change from some cat and dog
> vets I encountered. - CW
>
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