Hello The following message was forwarded to me to forward to the list. I hope that someone here can help... Gina Hart/Sage Ferrets http://www.geocities.com/sageferrets ----- Original Message ----- From: Michel McDermott <[log in to unmask]> To: Sally Wharton <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 10:38 PM Subject: Help message Hi Bits. I was hoping that you could post this on the FML for me please. The FML got too big for me, so I unsubscribed. Then I 'fixed' my hard drive and lost my address book. If you don't subscribe, could you please forward it on to someone who does? They can use this address for any replies (French or English). Merci! I got this from a French mailing list; I think the messages may be misleading. To me, it sounds like the owner didn't know about the water in the abdomen until after the diarrhea started: "After spaying my ferret the vet found water in her abdomen. The vet didn't know the cause. I'd like to get some information on this illness and the appropriate care. Thank you. lors de la sterilisation de mon furet le veterinaire a trouvi de l'eau dans son abdomenne. le veterinaire n'en connait pas la cause. j'aimerai avoir tous les renseignements sur cette maladie et les soins appropriis. merci" "The other problem is that she's had diarrhea that's made her lose a substantial amount of weight. I didn't get too worried because the water in her abdomen made her look rather plump. What can I do to stop the diarrhea and make her gain weight as soon as possible. "l'autre probleme dont je veux vous faire part, qu'elle a eut des diahrres qui a eut pour consequence une perte de poids importante. je ne m'en etait pas inquietie car l'eau contenu dans l'abdomen laissait parraitre plutot de l'embonpoint. que puis je faire pour stopper les diahrris, et lui faire reprendre du poids au plus vite." [Posted in FML issue 2913]