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>My older ferret, Mashka, had intermittent diarrhea for almost two month.
>she had sometimes green and slimy/ grainy loose stools. She lost some
>weigh and was sleeping all the time. I took her to the vet, he did not
>find ECE but gave her Amoxillin, which was >not making any difference. Now
>she is much better, eating well but still has abnormal stools sometimes.
>Vicky.
I would like to tell Vicky that I have had the same problem:
it started in February (I posted on the FML too) for no reason! My 4
ferrets are well isolated from other animals or humans, but 1 of them
started with occasional diarrhea as you described! There is no ECE here in
Italy as there are no ferrets at all! I gave him amoxicillin with no
results, I gave him Pepto Bismol with no results too! So I gave him
Kaopectate and it stopped and then started again! (Also you can imagine how
difficult it is to get these American brand drugs here ....) I got
frustrated so I decided to stop giving him any medicine and voila' he is
fine now! His appetite has never diminished though and has not lost weight!
I think that it happened because of the weather (sound silly eh?), as we had
some sudden hot days and probably he "felt" them!
I would like to know the development of your situation as I am always
keeping an eye on him!
I read that occasional diarrhea could be a symptom of lymphosarcoma.........
Ciao
Roberto
[Posted in FML issue 1941]
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