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Post by Sherry on Aug 11, 2014 0:52:13 GMT -5
Fattening I'm not concerned about. It is how the sugars cause tumours in the pancreas causing insulinoma that I am referring to. And simple insulinoma is bad enough with the 2-3 times daily meds, constant blood tests, seizures, etc. but sometimes the tumours are malignant. We've been through that once already
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 12:46:35 GMT -5
That I did not know about! It's going in the trash when I get home! I'm sorry for you going through that sherry it's the hardest when we have to see our animals in pain
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2014 14:43:19 GMT -5
Hey guys the new ferrets having green diharrea? Just because of chanhing the food or something else?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2014 14:47:09 GMT -5
Green poo usually means stress.
There is a little bug that a ferret can catch from another ferret, called Green slime disease. First, you notice them sleeping more and then the green poo shows up. Roamy caught it, when I brought Mika (a pet store baby) home. A vet visit and a course of antibiotics cleared it up.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2014 16:16:11 GMT -5
When I first got him home he was fine on his food and his poop was diharrea when mixing my food with his. Today I just got home and it looks green in color? Any chance that this is because of stress because I was away for a day? Found this link ferretassn.org/education/health/illness-disease/poop-chart/Maybe I just switched his food to fast I was doing only small amounts because I only had a little and I did not want mine to eat that either. He's been running. And playing and hyper as mine so I don't think it's ECE maybe just a rapid food change like it says! If it continues he will be seeing a vet though
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2014 16:25:10 GMT -5
You brought Eskimo home first, right? Wasn't that around the end of July? Now, with this little one, (what's his name?) he just came home a few days ago. So, its very possible that his exposure to Eskimo has given him a case of ECE. Eskimo is a pet store ferret and he would have developed an immunity, but still passed the bug along to your new one.
I would watch him for another day or two and then a vet visit might be necessary.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2014 17:50:21 GMT -5
Eskimos been here since the beginning of July And I just saw gizmo (the new guy) poop and it's a light brown color. Eskimo went earlier and that's a darker brown like always maybe it was just a first couple of days of stress?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2014 18:11:55 GMT -5
Stress will make for green poop. You know, we haven't seen any pictures of Gizmo, pretty please!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2014 20:42:29 GMT -5
I put some up using photobucket? Did that not work? If so let me know I'll try something else!
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Post by Heather on Aug 13, 2014 12:19:26 GMT -5
They're so adorable ciao
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2014 19:57:30 GMT -5
So I think I just found fleas in their cage.... Help?
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Post by Heather on Aug 13, 2014 22:33:01 GMT -5
Not unusual as a part of a rescue unfortunately. You can try the flea comb (I use a lice comb) and a glass of water and soap. All bedding has to be washed and everyone has to be flea groomed. You've got about 2 weeks to get it all under control, much after that and you've got eggs hatching and you may have to resort to chemical warfare. Only use vet approved products. I've used advantage in the past, I'm sure others will pop in with their favourite flea treatments. Do not use over the counter flea products as they're toxic to ferrets ciao
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