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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2011 15:31:49 GMT -5
My baby girl Pixie (about 2 years old) has been sorta lethargic lately. She is eating/pooping/drinking etc fine. And still plays with her two sisters. She just has been sorta lazy lately. She is also getting quite chubby! I posted a while back about Pixie being skinny, but that is not the case anymore! She even has small rolls on her neck  Anyway, she has no other symptoms. Can this lethargy be due to adrenal? If so, would lupron/des/melatonin help with her lethargy? Should I be concerned about something else? I really don't think it's insulinoma... She was only on kibble for a year and it was fairly high quality (Zupreem, Vitalin, Evo and wysong II). |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2011 15:36:16 GMT -5
I'd also like to add that she is shedding, but that's to be expected. She also has the silkest smooth coat ever. It's soo soft!
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Post by miamiferret2 on Mar 24, 2011 15:45:37 GMT -5
don't worry about that. sometime ferrets just get lazy. when they gain some weight they become even more lazy. if pooping, eating, fine then i would think it is just one of the many phases that they go through. yes, adrenal disease can make a ferret lethargic. but they would also lose weight. i have never seen a ferret be lethargic from adrenal disease and be a fatty.  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2011 17:32:34 GMT -5
Is there anything else besides adrenal I should be concerned about? Weight gain + lethargy = ??
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Post by goingpostal on Mar 24, 2011 18:27:22 GMT -5
I wouldn't worry, if she seems normal otherwise, she's probably just being lazy, mine go through phases where they seem to sleep more and not really run around and I freak out and turns out they are fine. Ferrets, always messing with your head!
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Post by miamiferret2 on Mar 24, 2011 18:45:23 GMT -5
i can't think of anything else that you should be worrying about. just enjoy your fat and lazy ferret. LOL. btw, Sonny (who is now 8 months old) has also become a lazy chunker recently. |
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Post by Sherry on Mar 24, 2011 20:17:08 GMT -5
I can't think of anything either, Jackie. She's just being a brat and worrying her momma  Why not try to get her more active? If she starts to drop a bit of the fat, she might become more active again. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2011 20:26:53 GMT -5
I usually take her on one on one walks outside, but I'm waiting until the flea issue is handled. I will definitely try to get her more active!
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Post by Sherry on Mar 25, 2011 1:09:08 GMT -5
Try a cat teaser! I was able to get my squishy Vincent to lose a good bit of weight buy dragging his favourite teaser up and down the stairs |
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