| lin |
Took Max & Ariel to the vet this morning. Made the appt for Ariel - for some
reason, she's felt *hot* to me recently! No worries, though - her temp was
101.4 when taken by Dr B. All we can figure is, since she *really* blew her
coat this spring (which she's never done before), maybe we're just feeling
her body heat coming through more than usual. Ok - I'll buy that! I freely
admit to being Ultra Paranoid Ferret Mommy when it comes to Ariel, since she
has her heart problem. The slightest thing that looks off, & she goes in.
Besides, Dr B is documenting everything about her, since her heart problem
is completely undocumented in ferrets, & when she's no longer w/ us, he'll
be submitting a paper on her to the medical journals.
Max saw the vet about 1.5 wks ago, for something weird looking on his back
left little toe. A dark-ish, scaly spot, that at first glance looked like
poop that he'd stepped in. Everyone was due for baths, anyway, but the spot
didn't wash off. Dr B did a scraping at that time, & determined it was some
sort of bacterial infection (& not a severe one at that), & prescribed some
Amoxi drops. So I had Dr B look at it again today, & sure enough, there's
absolutely *no change* in the sucker. No better, no worse, just the same.
So, when I bring most of the hoard back in at the end of Sept for their
shots, he'll gas Max down & take a biopsy of the spot & get a more detailed
look at it. It doesn't seem to be bothering Max at all, which is good. In
the meantime, Dr B said to wash the spot every 5-6 days or so, w/......wait
for it......Selsen Blue!
They took pics of the 2 of them for their records, & I rounded them up &
took them home. Snacks, off to their cage, & they crashed in a heap w/
Oberon & Puck - all crammed together in the smallest hammie, of course!
So all in all, not a dramatic vet visit. We'll just see what the shampoo
does to Max's toe, & go from there.
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Lin, Ariel, Oberon, Max, & Puck
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| Sandy and the Dook City Gang |
Hope it turns out to be nothing.
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| Jason and Holly Harper |
Glad Ariel is doing just fine, Lin. But that's weird about Max's toe. Will
be interesting to find out what Dr. B finds when he does the biopsy. I
never would've thought of Selsen Blue though!! Keep us posted!
Holly
"lin" <ktnil@KAZMOMX2woh.rr.com> wrote in message
news:8_oMe.91762$zY4.21664@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com...
> Took Max & Ariel to the vet this morning. Made the appt for Ariel - for
> some reason, she's felt *hot* to me recently! No worries, though - her
> temp was 101.4 when taken by Dr B. All we can figure is, since she
> *really* blew her coat this spring (which she's never done before), maybe
> we're just feeling her body heat coming through more than usual. Ok - I'll
> buy that! I freely admit to being Ultra Paranoid Ferret Mommy when it
> comes to Ariel, since she has her heart problem. The slightest thing that
> looks off, & she goes in. Besides, Dr B is documenting everything about
> her, since her heart problem is completely undocumented in ferrets, & when
> she's no longer w/ us, he'll be submitting a paper on her to the medical
> journals.
>
> Max saw the vet about 1.5 wks ago, for something weird looking on his back
> left little toe. A dark-ish, scaly spot, that at first glance looked like
> poop that he'd stepped in. Everyone was due for baths, anyway, but the
> spot didn't wash off. Dr B did a scraping at that time, & determined it
> was some sort of bacterial infection (& not a severe one at that), &
> prescribed some Amoxi drops. So I had Dr B look at it again today, & sure
> enough, there's absolutely *no change* in the sucker. No better, no worse,
> just the same. So, when I bring most of the hoard back in at the end of
> Sept for their shots, he'll gas Max down & take a biopsy of the spot & get
> a more detailed look at it. It doesn't seem to be bothering Max at all,
> which is good. In the meantime, Dr B said to wash the spot every 5-6 days
> or so, w/......wait for it......Selsen Blue!
>
> They took pics of the 2 of them for their records, & I rounded them up &
> took them home. Snacks, off to their cage, & they crashed in a heap w/
> Oberon & Puck - all crammed together in the smallest hammie, of course!
>
> So all in all, not a dramatic vet visit. We'll just see what the shampoo
> does to Max's toe, & go from there.
>
> --
> Lin, Ariel, Oberon, Max, & Puck
> To email me back, take out everything from "K" to "2"
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| jacquie, kylie & gilbert |
I know what you mean about those dark spots on back feet - nails and pads.
It seems like Kylie always steps back into a pile when she backs up into the
litterbox - there can be one little pile in the box and she'll find it and
step in it! The good news is that she's really a good sport about getting
her little feet washed at least once or twice a day - she even spreads her
toes for me as I hold her foot underneath the running tap water LOL
jacquie, kylie & gilbert
with Turnip, Loki & Morgan waiting for us at the Bridge
"lin" <ktnil@KAZMOMX2woh.rr.com> wrote in message
news:8_oMe.91762$zY4.21664@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com...
> Took Max & Ariel to the vet this morning. Made the appt for Ariel - for
> some reason, she's felt *hot* to me recently! No worries, though - her
> temp was 101.4 when taken by Dr B. All we can figure is, since she
> *really* blew her coat this spring (which she's never done before), maybe
> we're just feeling her body heat coming through more than usual. Ok - I'll
> buy that! I freely admit to being Ultra Paranoid Ferret Mommy when it
> comes to Ariel, since she has her heart problem. The slightest thing that
> looks off, & she goes in. Besides, Dr B is documenting everything about
> her, since her heart problem is completely undocumented in ferrets, & when
> she's no longer w/ us, he'll be submitting a paper on her to the medical
> journals.
>
> Max saw the vet about 1.5 wks ago, for something weird looking on his back
> left little toe. A dark-ish, scaly spot, that at first glance looked like
> poop that he'd stepped in. Everyone was due for baths, anyway, but the
> spot didn't wash off. Dr B did a scraping at that time, & determined it
> was some sort of bacterial infection (& not a severe one at that), &
> prescribed some Amoxi drops. So I had Dr B look at it again today, & sure
> enough, there's absolutely *no change* in the sucker. No better, no worse,
> just the same. So, when I bring most of the hoard back in at the end of
> Sept for their shots, he'll gas Max down & take a biopsy of the spot & get
> a more detailed look at it. It doesn't seem to be bothering Max at all,
> which is good. In the meantime, Dr B said to wash the spot every 5-6 days
> or so, w/......wait for it......Selsen Blue!
>
> They took pics of the 2 of them for their records, & I rounded them up &
> took them home. Snacks, off to their cage, & they crashed in a heap w/
> Oberon & Puck - all crammed together in the smallest hammie, of course!
>
> So all in all, not a dramatic vet visit. We'll just see what the shampoo
> does to Max's toe, & go from there.
>
> --
> Lin, Ariel, Oberon, Max, & Puck
> To email me back, take out everything from "K" to "2"
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| lin |
"Jason and Holly Harper" <jhharper@tm.net> wrote in message
news:fmrMe.1551$nL3.105050@newshog.newsread.com...
> Glad Ariel is doing just fine, Lin. But that's weird about Max's toe.
> Will be interesting to find out what Dr. B finds when he does the biopsy.
> I never would've thought of Selsen Blue though!! Keep us posted!
Yeah - the Selsen Blue kinda surprised me, too. But, since the spot is dry &
scaly - hey, what harm could it do, eh? At least he won't catch the dreaded
Toe Dandruff!
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Lin, Ariel, Oberon, Max, & Puck
To email me back, take out everything from "K" to "2"
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| Jason and Holly Harper |
Well we all know how important it is to stay away from toe dandruff!! ;-)
lmao!! Good luck though. I hope it helps!
Holly
"lin" <ktnil@KAZMOMX2woh.rr.com> wrote in message
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> "Jason and Holly Harper" <jhharper@tm.net> wrote in message
> news:fmrMe.1551$nL3.105050@newshog.newsread.com...
>> Glad Ariel is doing just fine, Lin. But that's weird about Max's toe.
>> Will be interesting to find out what Dr. B finds when he does the biopsy.
>> I never would've thought of Selsen Blue though!! Keep us posted!
>
> Yeah - the Selsen Blue kinda surprised me, too. But, since the spot is dry
> & scaly - hey, what harm could it do, eh? At least he won't catch the
> dreaded Toe Dandruff!
>
> --
> Lin, Ariel, Oberon, Max, & Puck
> To email me back, take out everything from "K" to "2"
>
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| BettyFuzzy@gmail.com |
bumps
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| Luci |
Hey Lin, glad that the vet visit went so well. I am really glad that
Ariel is OK.
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