>From:    Anonymous Poster <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: I have a problem.
 
Hi ya'll, I have never posted before but here goes:
I have a ferret that I have had for 4 years, for the last 6 months she
has suffered direra (sorry about the spelling)  I have a very good vet,
she was recommended in "Ferret Mag" so I know that she knows what she is
doing, anyway my little girl has had every known test known to my vet and
she comes up NEG on everyone of them.  The keopectate is not helping much
any more, she gets .70cc 3 times a day, we started out with just .10cc 2
times a day.  What I want to know is there anything else I could give her
to help.  May-be imodium I just don't know, she drinks bubblegum pedilite
all the time to keep her hydrated, and so far it is working.  She has
been checke d for IBD, worms,ADV and verious other tests, even blood
work, whatever she has is not contagous because I have 5 other fuzzbutts
and none of them have this problem.
 
Anyway if anyone could help or make a suggestion as to what to do I would
be thankful.
 
Mag and the mini monsters
 
Try using tylan.  Get the powdered version, not the injectable kind of
either Jeffers Pets or a local feed/grange store.  Mix a pinch in the
water bottle or in the daily duck soup..  Change the water every day.
 
Tylan's off label is used to control diarreah in dogs and cats and also
works in ferrets.  Tylan is a chicken/bird drug.  It is a low level
antibiotic that also stimulates appetite.
[Posted in FML issue 4140]