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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2012 22:16:10 GMT -5
So...I noticed the other day that Soxx's butt kind of pokes out more than the other kids' butts, like so:  well he'd been getting poop stuck in his butt (like you can see on the picture there) and as I was wiping it off (with a warm moist paper towel as had been suggested) his butt started pokign out a little more. I stopped, he ran and had a liquid-y poo in the box and when I picked him up after..his butt was poking out the most i've ever seen it and it was bright red, with a little bit of blood on it. since then it's poked back in, no trace of blood, he's been running around and is playing in the tubes with Freya.... what do i do?!!?! He is about 7y/o we are working on switching to raw he is still eating soupies... might i add I really don't have the money for an emergency vet visit, i work 830am to 2pm tomorrow  my mom already asked me, think about how much money you have to spend on him...there's no way i could put him down  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2012 22:29:09 GMT -5
well now it has poked back in...he is acting fine...am going to see if he will eat in a minute here...he isn't trying to lick it, or nibble it at all, doesn't seem to be bothering him at all actually...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2012 22:31:14 GMT -5
he's eating his soups happily enough for him... ...somebody please chime in here. i feel like i'm going to throw up from nerves  |
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Post by miamiferret2 on Mar 4, 2012 23:02:33 GMT -5
IME they do tend to develop intestinal tumors, ulcerative colitis, but you would see diarrhea, blood in the poops (fresh red undigested blood). It could have been a hemmeroid.
Has he had diarrhea? Runny poops?
Use tucks pads to clean his butt. Keep that area clean.
What do you see when you clean his butt?
Keep an eye on it. If he's acting fine, eating, & if it doesn't happen again then don't worry.
If you see him scooting his butt (rubbing it on the floor) it means that it bothers him.
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Post by miamiferret2 on Mar 4, 2012 23:03:22 GMT -5
What do his poops look like?
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Post by miamiferret2 on Mar 4, 2012 23:04:10 GMT -5
Does he have IBD?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2012 23:06:48 GMT -5
It doesn't sound like Soxx is doing too badly. A minor prolapse is not terribly uncommon, and most cases clear up pretty quickly. Some people put a little sugar on the prolapse and hold the ferret or about 10 minutes to make sure the sugar is not licked up. The some Preparation H or vaseline can be put on it to help as well.
none of my ferrets have ever had prolapses, so somebody else can probably add more details on dealing with this.
-jennifer
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Post by Sherry on Mar 4, 2012 23:14:38 GMT -5
One thing you can do is add some pumpkin to his soupies. It will help firm up stools. Lucrezia used to get prolapses that would resolve themselves in an hour or so. Turned out the silly girl had started eating around her bones, and not eating the bones themselves. Since your little ones are still on the soup stage, the pumpkin should help resolve it  1/2 tsp per ferret per day should do the trick  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2012 23:15:43 GMT -5
I did some sugar last night... Here's what it looks like now :  I will get a picture of his poop in a second here...no blood...a little mucousy, undigested chicken skin in it too. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2012 23:21:23 GMT -5
He doesn't have IBD to my knowledge. They all get 1/2 tsp pumpkin to every 8 oz of meat since I make the soupies up in big batches on the weekends. Most recent poop (this is the most liquid I've ever seen his poops):  Poop before that (maybe 20 min earlier at most):  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2012 23:23:22 GMT -5
Should I segregate him overnight to keep an eye on his poops? I hate to separate him from his friends like that especially if he might be facing surgery as he is 7 years old and who knows how the anesthesia would treat him... |
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Post by lumene on Mar 4, 2012 23:28:19 GMT -5
I just dealt with this on Friday with Penne (she prolapsed). The vet said it was because she was straining to pass something she probably shouldn't have eaten (turns out she ate a sticker!). A 50/50 mix of sugar and water dabbed onto it will help with swelling, but if it persists see a vet because it could be an impending prolapse.
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Post by miamiferret2 on Mar 4, 2012 23:29:11 GMT -5
That doesn't look too bad. It happens sometimes. Put the sugar on it and firm up his stools. I would use more pumpkin on him for now. Until you can get him to eat bone.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2012 23:31:47 GMT -5
Okay. I feel a lot better now.  Thanks all. I will dig him out of the crate and pat a little sugar on his behind before I go to sleep. Do I leave it on there or dab it off after the ten minutes? What are tucks pads? I missed that in my panic >.> I will also start adding a little more pumpkin into his soups. Should I start thickening them up a bit too? In HIS opinion, the more liquid-y, the better. |
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Post by miamiferret2 on Mar 4, 2012 23:42:49 GMT -5
Tucks pads are for humans with hemmeroids. Judging from the pic I do not think that this requires Tucks or Preparation H.
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my mom already asked me, think about how much money you have to spend on him...there's no way i could put him down 
