My 4yr old girl has been grinding her teeth for 3 wks.  I have had her to
the vet and gotten xrays.  He said he only sees gas in her stomach and has
me giving her pepcid ac.
 
She has no other symptoms so I don't think it is insulionoma or adrenal but
this all started about 3 weeks after I lost her cage mate Wiggles.  Last
year Baby mourned for her lost friend Patches and she presented symptoms of
an ulcer.  It took about 4 weeks to get her through it.  I'm really hoping
this isn't the same thing.
 
She is not eating well and I supliment her diet with duck soup.
 
How likely is it that what the vet sees as gas is a foreign object?  He
didn't want to do xrays but I insisted.  He tells me he doesn't have any
idea what is wrong with her.  He has never seen anything like it before.
 
Baby is my one ferret that I always have to keep rubber from.  She is
intense about chewing it so a foreign object wouldn't be out of the
question.  I haven't caught her with anything but that doesn't mean she
didn't find something.
 
Barb Stewart
[Posted in FML issue 3139]