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Joanie Williams <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 12 Oct 1996 16:52:51 -0700
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Kim Thomas asked about her vet's advice to give her ferret Laxatone.  From
my own personal experience, I say your vet is absolutely right!  About a
week and a half ago I posted "diagnosis of a thin ferret" - the story of how
my newly-adopted Nicky had just undergone stomach surgery.  My vet thought
he had an abdominal tumor because of the lump that was very noticeable
there, but it turned out to be a huge solid wad of fur in his stomach.  This
wad was a good 3 inches long and just over 1 inch wide.  It must have been
accumulating for a long time, and when Nicky came to us, he had a long
history of being very thin.  He just couldn't eat enough because his stomach
was so full of this object.  It was amazing that he was even able to digest
his food at all.  But his digestive process must have been hindered, because
even though on the day of his surgery he finished eating at 9:00 am, the
food was still in his stomach when the vet opened it up at 2:00 pm, five
hours later.  Nicky is doing wonderfully - gaining weight, extremely lively
and bright-eyed.  I also had another ferret, my first one, Odie, who was
enclined to get hair in his stomach.  He wouldn't feel good and was
constipated.  I would feed him some Laxatone, and he would go shortly
thereafter, with a lot of hair in it.
[Posted in FML issue 1720]

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