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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2013 11:06:30 GMT -5
So I think tank is constipated. I think he might of eaten somehay. He drags his meat into his bed area that hay. His belly looks alittle puffy.
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Post by Heather on Mar 29, 2013 11:13:53 GMT -5
What are his stools like? Are you feeding some pumpkin? Does he possibly have a blockage?
ciao
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Post by Sherry on Mar 29, 2013 14:15:46 GMT -5
Hay? And yes, push pumpkin and Vaseline. If he ingested hay he likely has a blockage and may need surgery.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2013 12:06:25 GMT -5
I took him to the vet today. Good news! It was not a blockage, they did a x-ray and nothing was blocking. He just said maybe tank had eaten a little to much and wasn't feeling like playing.
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Post by Heather on Mar 30, 2013 12:07:43 GMT -5
Keep an eye on him. Kits are notorious for eating things at are bad for them and blocking up. It also doesn't necessarily show up on a xray.
ciao
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Post by Sherry on Mar 30, 2013 15:52:04 GMT -5
Agreed! If it's something like foam, all the vet will see is some gas build up. Glad nothing has shown up on initial exam though  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2013 18:57:27 GMT -5
ditto on the foam not showing up on a radiograph! Wanda ate half of a foam ear plug. First set of vet x-rays came back diagnosed as a large "gas bubble"! Wanda went through almost three more weeks of good/bad days, antibiotics, meds more vet visits, finally a barium trace and then surgery which did no good by that time.if your ferret is not pooping something is wrong. How long has it been?
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Post by katt on Mar 30, 2013 19:25:34 GMT -5
Why is their hay bedding...?  And like others said blockages do not necessarily show up on X-Ray unless they do a barium swallow, so keep an eye on him. Hope he feels better soon! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2013 13:02:33 GMT -5
I had told everyone that when I got the new ferret(tank) he would be an outdoor ferret in the outdoor enclosure. While the enclosure is in making he is in a hutch. The lady said to put straw or hay in his bedding area so that's what he has. He's been used to it sence that's what he's been in sence he was born. Simon is the indoor guy Tank is my little outdoor sports man and explorer |
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Post by Heather on Mar 31, 2013 17:34:09 GMT -5
Hay is a common bedding for outdoor ferrets, I was more concerned about what else he might have got into
ciao
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2013 19:21:25 GMT -5
I watch my guy eat their raw items and they don't always eat it from the dish I put it down in. Some will take it someplace else. That someplace else may have foreign objects on the floor that stick to the meat - like grass or pieces of leaves tracked in from the outdoors, pieces of shredded paper, rice from their dig bin etc.
They know when these foreign things are stuck to their chosen morsels and they don't just devour the junk with the goody. They will shake off the junk or spit it out or paw it away. So I doubt the ferret has ingested hay.
Hay is an excellent insulator and a natural nesting material for them. Unless he deliberately was gnawing on a particularly stiff and woody stalk his inability to pass fecal matter is probably from another cause.
Keep in mind they CAN pass some feces even when blocked. The intestines will stretch a bit when enough pressure builds up. Unfortunately intestines will only stretch so far then they will tear, leaking fecal matter into the body cavity which of course sets up infection known as peritonitis.
Depending on the size of the tear, any antibiotics the ferret is already receiving and the type of blockage this tearing, passing, repairing, pressurizing cycle can happen for a long time.
If the ferret's deposits seem smaller than usual, the ferret isn't as active as usual, the deposits smell terrible and are gooey or thin and very dark, sometimes the ferret seems to act normal and then several hours later he is flat ferreting again - the ferret is dealing with a blockage.
IF the ferret is eating WAYYY too much calcium he will pass a light colored, large hard stool. But it will pass eventually especially if the ferret is offered oil, keeps drinking water and eats some unspiced pumpkin. Once the calcium loaded stool is passed the ferret returns to normal.
If your ferret is still not acting normal have your vet do a barium trace.
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Post by Heather on Mar 31, 2013 20:18:54 GMT -5
Agree entirely  ciao |
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