To Jeff Haremski:
 
>What I would like to know, if she does have an ulcer, is there anything
>Ican do about it?  My roommate had an ulcer once, and it was so bad that
>he had to have surgery.  Are there any non- surgical cures?
 
Jeff - ulcers are not surgical cases in ferrets.  Although the treatment may be
prolonged, up to 6 weeks, we treat them all medically.  Ulcers are treated so
that we also treat concurrent Helicobacter infections at the same time.  The
treatment consists of Amoxicillin 10-20 mg/lb twice daily, one fifteenth of a
Pepto-Bismol tablet every six hours, and a bland diet - "Duck Soup", or at my
house, chicken baby fortified by a small amount of gruel made from the feret's
general diet.  It's best to go for a month at least, even if clinical signs
abate.
 
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Bruce Williams, DVM, DACVP              Department of Veterinary Pathology
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[Posted in FML issue 1197]