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to supplant the advice of veterinarians who are in charge of the patient.
If the patient is not currently under the care of a veterinarian, the client
is recommended to take their ferret to one.**
 
>From:    CORRINE ROONEY <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: MEDICAL QUESTION
>They have caught something that my vet can not identify and we already have
>had two fatalities. The symptoms are hind end weakness (very weak, they can
>barely walk on the linoleum in the kitchen), followed by diarrhea, nausea,
 
Any test results?  Rear limb weakness can be secondary to hypogylcemia,
infectious agents affecting the brain or spinal cord, etc.  I would want to
think of something infectious but I have seen cases where in multiple ferret
households, non-infectious disease occurring in more than one ferret at a
time.
 
Mike Dutton, DVM, DABVP
Weare Animal Hospital
Weare, NH.
[Posted in FML issue 1660]