Hi everyone,
I had my three fuzzies to the vet this past week becasue of some coughing
and sneezing.  They are all doing it, so allergies were ruled out even
before I got there.  Now they range - Winnie is 4(this past Friday)with
Insolumnia, Chloe is 3 (will be 4 in Jan) and so far doing well and Connor
is 2(will be 3 in November) with an adrenal tumor since 1.5.  They were
brought to my dog/cat vet who is familiar with ferrets, but doesn't see
them on a regular basis.  There are two other specialists that I use, but
both relativly far away.  Anyway, he feels they both have URI and wants to
wait it out.  None of them act sick except for teh occasional cough.  He
said if I wanted he would put them on a decongestant, but was ghoing to
call one of the other vets first to see which is best and to make sure my
Winnie could have it with her pediapred.  I decided that since no one was
really acting sick besides the occaisin cough (which kind of sounds like
when a human has a drip) that we would see what happens.  IT has been a
week since then and all are still okay, but still coughing a bit.  One
thing he said that is that when you press on their throat a bit, they cough
which tends to be a sign of URI.  I am not doubting his diagnosis by any
means, but my questinog to you guys is SHOULD I BE DOING ANYTHIGN ELSE???
 
He said it could take up to 14 days to go away and I am really not
too worreid since we still play and eat very well.  If anyone has any
suggestions, please let me know - especially if there is something else
I need to be doing - I don't want to be doing wronhg for them.
 
Thanks,
Amy
[Posted in FML issue 3195]