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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2013 19:28:55 GMT -5
So my girl Grace, 1 year old, went through several diagnoses before we landed with IDB. She's on prednisone and amoxicillin and has her good days and has her bad days. So far, we've had 4 good days followed by two bad days.
With a ferret with IBD... what is normal? She doesn't have a lot of energy. She will only eat some of the time. The rest of the time, I hand feed her and she isn't always thrilled about that. Her poops are better than they were -- slightly more solid, not green. Should I expect several bad days where she has no energy?
She eats wysong, though I intend on starting the transition as soon as I get to the store and get stuff for soupie. Basically, I don't always know with her when to head to the vet. She wakes up when I pick her up, but she's content to lie around and not move too much -- but she will if she wants to.
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Post by Sherry on Aug 22, 2013 19:46:32 GMT -5
IBD is such a nasty diagnosis. And what you will have to learn first is what is "normal" for HER. And that won't be what's normal for a non IBD ferret. To start, chicken is the most common cause of a flair up for IBD. Out of curiosity- do you have access to various commercial frozen raw products? I found those to be of tremendous help with my guy. I could put a variety of supplements in his meat to help control him. While they do work with whole meats, things like pancreatic enzymes can't work all the way through the meat. Check out the IBD board in medical. We should have the supplements listed in there.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2013 19:50:05 GMT -5
I've read that chicken is the most common cause. I haven't searched for commercial frozen raw products yet, I'm new to raw feeding. Sherry, have you switched your IBD babies over to raw? I'm interested in doing raw prey model, to be honest. We are moving in a week and there is a butcher up near our new house. I want her to be able to switch with her sister. I'll check out the IBD in medical and see about supplements. Thanks!
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Post by Sherry on Aug 22, 2013 22:01:38 GMT -5
Yes, my Boris had been raw fed prior to developing full blown IBD. Due to a variety of reason he didn't make it. Yes, he did die from completely uncontrolled IBD. However that is exceedingly rare. But you do need to be aware this can happen. The reason Boris died is he'd been on 3 months if meds he absolutely hated. He had to learn to eat commercial raw WITH all kinds of supplements(he preferred chunks) and to top it off he lost his bonded mate who he was very strongly attached to and then lost his litter mate who he'd only been separated from for 3 months in his life. All that happened in 9 months and he basically gave up and refused anything that would help him.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2013 0:06:23 GMT -5
I'm sorry for your loss. That's kind of scary because Grace hates her medicine as well. The scratches at the roof of her mouth even with amoxi... Yes, my Boris had been raw fed prior to developing full blown IBD. Due to a variety of reason he didn't make it. Yes, he did die from completely uncontrolled IBD. However that is exceedingly rare. But you do need to be aware this can happen. The reason Boris died is he'd been on 3 months if meds he absolutely hated. He had to learn to eat commercial raw WITH all kinds of supplements(he preferred chunks) and to top it off he lost his bonded mate who he was very strongly attached to and then lost his litter mate who he'd only been separated from for 3 months in his life. All that happened in 9 months and he basically gave up and refused anything that would help him.
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Post by Sherry on Aug 23, 2013 8:43:53 GMT -5
The only reason I mentioned it was so you are aware it CAN happen- not that it WILL There were some rather exceptional circumstances that all came together at the same time with Boris. Odds of something similar happening with yours would be *touch wood* fairly remote. And if you can start her out eating raw WITH the digestive enzymes, reishi, etc then that's what she'll know. Boris, smart little beggar, KNEW that his meats weren't supposed to taste like that. Which is why he started refusing any meat with those in.
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