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Date: | Fri, 17 Nov 1995 19:50:04 -0800 |
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To Troy Lynn:
>Now for Marley. I hope our experience will help others. The vets don't
>know why Marley got better but I think I do. Last night when we got home
>Marley had another dark forest green unformed stool so I dissected it and
>found quite a bit of tangled pieces of fur.
Bravo for you!!!!
I like it when owners take it on themselves to dissect stools. Too
many owners won't do it, and foreign bodies get missed far too often.
I think you are on the right track. Many ferrets are getting their
winter coats right now, and now is the time of year when we see a lot of
hairballs. Hairballs don't often show up on radiographs - sometimes with
barium shots you can see something that looks a bit like hair but only
occasionally.
I would suggest some Laxatone for a week or so, because there is
probably more fur in there working it's way through.....
Bruce Williams, DVM, DACVP
Dept. of Vet Path, AFIP
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Chief Pathologist, AccuPath
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[Posted in FML issue 1383]
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