This morning our oldest sweetest boy Quazi began to violently vomit blood,
and after calling the only emergency vet available, her first response was
that it was possibly parvovirus.  Quazi had loose, runny stool for a couple
of days, but had enjoyed grapes recently, so we thought it was a result of
that.  He had been a bit listless, but again, as its getting hotter here,
Australia, we thought that was along normal lines too.  His appetite was
fine following the loose stools, stools were back to normal and he seemed
more active the last couple days...until the vomiting.  He was alert and
curious at the vets, and fought with good strength when given shots, which
consisted of vitamins, anti-nausea and antibiotics.  She is keeping him
there to watch for more vomiting, dehydration, and the possibility he may
need a drip.  The vet is not as ferret smart as we would like, but it was
the best we could do for our boy at the time.  She stated his hydration was
good, he didn't appear to have any foreign object in his stomach, and he
was in much better condition than she thought during our frantic call to
her.  Though his stools at home are normal, when she took his temperature,
he passed black/green 'tarry' stool.  Quazi is almost 1 year old, has had
his shots and was desexed in August.  It is unknown if he had any shots
prior to him adopting us.  The vet did say that sometimes the vaccines
don't always take....
 
Please, can anyone supply us with more info that we can pass on to the vet,
or has anyone had something similar, and what were the results???
[Posted in FML issue 3262]