Kit wrote:
 
>I have a 6-year-old neutered male ferret who ... had adrenal surgery...
>After a few days of Duck Soup, he went back to solid food (Totally Ferret)
>but had great difficulty eating, and it would usually come back almost as
>fast as it went down... He began vomiting, mostly mucus (sp) and dehydrated
>badly.  He lost 1/3 of his body weight.  We managed to get some weight back
>on him (41 grams in two weeks), but he's still bringing up mucus.  He's
>pooping regularly so I don't think he's got a blockage.  He paws at his
>mouth a lot, though.  There was no sign of insulinoma discovered during
>surgery nor in subsequent blood tests.
 
Kit,
 
It's very unlikely that your friend's problems have arisen from a surgery he
had TWO months ago.  It's impossible to diagnose a problem like this from
long distance, but assuming your vet has already run the appropriate
bloodwork and radiology, he/she might consider exploratory or endoscopy to
check for gastric ulcers, tumors, or inflamatory bowel disease.
 
Bruce S. Levine, DVM
[Posted in FML issue 1614]