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Post by Lucy's Mom on Feb 7, 2014 21:15:06 GMT -5
My 3 year old girl gets anal abscesses every 6 to 8 weeks. Always on the right side. She has been getting these since I rescued her when she was 3 months old. My vets first thought was that the vet who performed her anal gland removal messed up and left a small remnant behind. But we have done 2 surgeries to hunt for it and found nothing. The second thought was that when they removed her anal glands, they may have accidently left a pinprick hole between the intestine and wall of the gland and bacteria keeps seeping in. Has anyone encountered this ? I would like a permanent solution, but I am not going to put her through another surgery that is just a fishing expedition, and probably wont do anything. She handles the abscesses really well, and heals really quickly once it expels. We only put her on antibiotics every second time, usually with a shot because she refuses to take oral antibiotics without a very very long fight, because we don't want her to develop an immunity. But we use polysporin everytime. After she falls asleep so she wont lick it off. And this method seems to work. She is otherwise healthy and happy. Thank you.
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Post by Sherry on Feb 7, 2014 23:15:09 GMT -5
Have you tried warm water soaks when it starts to enlarge?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2014 2:17:24 GMT -5
Poor little thing... I'd be wary of doing any more surgery unless absolutely necessary; there's a lot of nerves back there and you could inadvertently end up with an incontinent ferret... Warm soaks or even warm facecloths on her tushie may help when they start to block up...
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Post by Lucy's mom on Feb 8, 2014 8:12:54 GMT -5
Yes, I do warm soaks when they start to form. At first I tried warm compresses after the vet recommended them. Then I realized I own a ferret and there is no physical way to make a ferret sit still for 5 minutes while I hold a warm wash cloth to her sore bum. Lol. Holding her in warm water, or under warm running water is much easier since ferrets love water. I think it helps, but it could just be that a wet ferret is a happy playful ferret.
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Post by Sherry on Feb 8, 2014 11:07:51 GMT -5
Something that *might* help somewhat is reishi mushroom simply because it gives an immune system boost. It's done on a pulse therapy of 2 weeks on, 1 off to prevent immunity from building. General dosage for a ferret is 1/4 capsule(400-500mg) once a day. It would have to be put into a soup or something like that as it is bitter to the taste. It won't hurt and might just help. If her immune system can be built up enough to fight the infections off without any antibiotics she should get some relief.
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