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Post by racheld on Sept 9, 2014 15:52:54 GMT -5
Remus' mouth ulcers are continuing to be a problem, so my vet suggested putting him on .5mL of choskren's Benadryl to see if that keeps them away. I was just wondering of Reishi mushroom would be am acceptable substitute, since I think I remember people saying it has antihistamine properties? If so, what would a dose comparable to .5mL of Benadryl be?
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Post by lyles on Sept 9, 2014 22:59:29 GMT -5
It depends on the ferret I think. For my ferret, benadryl has no effect. I'm getting a shipment of potent Reishi in the mail by Friday to give that a try with Evening Primrose.
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Post by Sherry on Sept 10, 2014 8:43:44 GMT -5
Why does he have mouth ulcers first? Is he on pred?
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Post by racheld on Sept 10, 2014 9:15:13 GMT -5
He is on Pred.
He used to get them quite often but the seemed to go away when I took him off poultry (and he stopped scratching so much).
He has one now but it started out as a scratch so I'm just not sure it's a histamine reaction. The vet thought it might be and suggested the Benadryl (which he was on before I took the poultry out of his diet).
But Katt suggested that the Pred may have just suppressed his immune system so that the scratch got more easily inflamed/infected, which sounds more likely to me, since he's not showing any other signs of allergies, no extra scratching or anything.
So if anything I might do colloidal silver for a while, but Katt also suggested just keeping him off any extra meds for a while to see if he heals up.
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Post by Sherry on Sept 10, 2014 9:19:39 GMT -5
I have had great success with mouth ulcers using colloidal silver. Saturate a qtip with it, scruff til he yawns and dab the ulcer 3 times a day. It normally disappears after 3-4 days with this. If you CAN'T dab it, then put about 5 drops on top of his first half spoon of soup given before the pred. This takes a bit longer but still works.
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