Hi All --
Got a question for everyone who has had experience with ECE. Last summer,
we had a bout of ECE in our house. We lost our oldest ferret, Roo. The
time that it was brought on was when a major heat wave came through. at
that time, we moved them to a friends apartment (who had A/C). Now, we just
had a major heat flux (from the 60's one day to hot and humid in the
80's/90's the next). We have the A/C going, but they all have gotten bad
diarreha again (with greenish mucus). Fred was the first to get it and went
to the vet on Saturday morning. we have been giving him duck soup and
pedialyte. he seems to get better, but the others are getting worse (and
Boing is the worst to get to eat (thus, mainly pedialyte is getting into
her)).
With this recent bout, I am wondering if the heat could be the cause (yes,
it is a stressor, but could it be that bad?), and even if it is ECE. They
don't seem to want to eat, and I had thought that they would not be getting
it anymore (it has been 10 months since their last bout). Also, our usual
vet has left the practice, and some new person is there, but not concerned
about them (just diarreha to her).
Any help would be appreciated. Currently, they are all getting Amoxy and
Amforal (sp? -- the yellow stuff for runny poo). Also, they are getting
pedialyte and duck soup/sludge :) 3 times a day.
Thanks a lot,
Susan
the wonderful ferts who seem to be feisty enough to spit food/meds on me
Astro (the greyhound who gets upset when the ferts are upset)
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Susan A. H. Benysh With Ferrets ____ /^.__
Human Factors Engineer Sparky, Boing, / \_/ __/~
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attempting higher education With Greyhound ////\_ \_
at Purdue University Astro
West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
(1 hour north of Indianapolis) -or- ( 51,789,056,027 ferret steps)
http://palette.ecn.purdue.edu/~hodapp/
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[Posted in FML issue 1576]
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