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many of you newer people may not know me, but I am in need of some help. As many of you know, we have had a very rough start this year with loosing our home which included loosing many of our wounderful pets. since September, we have had a cat who needed both back legs removed. she is now doing great. Today, Paris, our toy poodle, who is my service dog, went to the vet for x-rays of her back knees. i found out that both of her knees need to get fixed. the vet said that as soon as he puts her right knee back in its socket and sets her down, it comes right back out and her left one goes in and out very easy. at home, I have to put them back into her sockets many times during the day. I still have not found a job. we can't afford the operation that will cost $1,500 to get both legs done at the same time, (which is much cheaper than doing them seperatly). she will have to be retired if I can't get her in for the repair, which will put me without a service dog. if you can help, please do. if not, please spread the word to the people you know. we thank you for what ever help you may be able to give us and wish their was a way we could repay you for all the help and support you have given us through all our family have been through. you can donate to the following:
fundrazr.com/campaigns/7WAS2?

or my paypal account:
sheilaamistone1974@gmail.com

or directly to the vet at:
hunter animal hospital
5246 west 3500 south
west valley, utah 84120
(801) 968-0123
owner- Sheila stone
patient- Paris

I haven't checked yet. When I get home I wake them to play for a while in their room before we let them out into the rest of the house. They usually only eat a little bit during the day, but a little while after they get up and play they start eating again. I cooked our dinner and put the babies back in their room so we could eat in peace. LOL Right about now I go check on the food to see if it's been finished, then grab the bowl and clean it and prepare their dinner before I put them back to bed. They usually eat about half the bowl during the night so I leave it (or if there isn't a whole lot in it, I add a little more in the morning). Then the next day it starts over again. I am about to go in and check their bowl again...brb...I'll go check....it looks like one of the bone-in chunks is missing and I check the hidey holes but didn't find anything. That doesn't mean that it's not in the tube or their bedding though. They didn't eat very much of their food so I mixed some water in it again and just watched Mickey eat some. He got to a bone and licked all the food off and hid the bone. So, I'm going with no bone eating as of yet! I'm going to mix some more meat and rad cat in it so they get enough food in them...I hate it when they don't eat their whole bowl in one day. I will wait to wash it out until tomorrow morning. Just now, when I found the bone, I gave it back to Mickey to see if he would eat it....that would be no...HOWEVER...he did take it from me. Before tonight, anytime I try to hand it to them, they turn their noses up at it and walk away. So it is at least starting to seem like they are getting that it is something that goes in their mouth now.

The red color was similar to the liver...it looked like they pooped it back out again. hehehe But today, with a reduction in the amount of liver, their poos were back to brown again. You are right, it's nice to see what the effect of their food is on their bodies by actually seeing their poos change. That's kind of comforting.

I have another question for you regarding adrenal disease. Does being adrenal make them itchy? I saw some blood on Mickey's side two nights ago. I inspected it and the sore under the dried up blood was no longer open but I have noticed that he is itchier than normal these past few days. I inspected him again thoroughly this evening and found a few little scabs here and there on him...about 2 or 3 small little spots. Tonight I gave them some oil (the only thing I have on hand is what is left of the ferretone...but I will be purchasing the evoo the next time I'm at the store)...just for good measure. Since they are not eating as much Rad Cat as they were, I assume that they are not getting as much oil as they were before. However I am giving them some chicken fat and last night they got some fat from the hen as well. I have salmon oil but Mickey didn't like it very much. I might try just a touch of it in their food when I put their dinner together. What do you think about that? Could they be getting dried out from not as much oils with their diet changing they way it is?

mjbez sorry, rules state only one picture.

If that is what they are eating that's a good consistency. How did they do with the little bone chunks? And yes, bones are perfectly fine! Game hen bones are easy peasy. Most chicken bones are perfectly sized (the legs and sometimes the upper wing bone and necks need to be broken to give them a starting point depending on the ferret). Smaller turkey bones (wing tips, ribs, back, etc) and broken med-large turkey bones, broken pork ribs, pork buttons, duck bones, etc are all great bone sources.

You said their poops were red - red how? Bright red or dark?

Her video's are ALWAYS wonderful! I love Steph's channel! I also love Joey The Trained Ferret- www.youtube.com/channel/UCUqpR0ULn21nAQVYO3VaTFg

I actually used Steph's videos to help me decide if I was going to get a ferret. I'm glad I did! I love my babies!