Hello all -- unlucky us have the dreaded greenies. All four ferrets came
down with it, though our oldest, Roo (who we *think* is 5.5 years old), has
it the worse. We had them all to the vet and on Albon Liquid (a sort of
Kaopectate). This didn't help and Roo was rushed in late Sunday and stayed
until Tuesday. With this sickness, she has lost a lot of the movement of
her back legs and has not been great with all the diarrhea (diaper rash,
rawness, generally not clean).
So, we gave her a dropper of Pepto-Bismal last night (I believe 75 ml)
and she is getting better (I know, she pooed on my new dress about half
an hour ago -- it looks better :) Also, she is starting to eat more and
is crawling around a bit.
So, the question is.....
for those that experienced partial paralysis (we assume to the dehydration
and prolonged illness), how long did it take to get them back up again? we
are doing ferret aerobics with her (making her push her legs to us,
massaging them when we clean her, giving her a nice warm whirlpool when we
clean her up). Is there anything else we should be doing? It just breaks
my heart to see her so uncomfortable. i guess i am just looking for some
hope. she has been pretty ill for over 2 weeks now, while the other 3 are
back to their normal pooping, destructive, happy selves.
Thanks for any information,
Susan
p.s. we believe they got the virus from 2 ferrets that we were
babysitting. though we are pretty sure they never had the symptoms.
could they just be carriers?
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Susan A. H. Benysh With ferrets: ____ /^.__
Human Factors Engineer Roo, Boing, / \_/ __/~
[log in to unmask] Sparky, \\\\/ _--_ /
attempting higher education & Freddie ////\_ \_
at Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
(1 hour north of Indianapolis) -or- ( 51,789,056,027 ferret steps)
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[Posted in FML issue 1273]
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