Coughing and gagging

[Jb]

Hi all, I am very new to having ferrets and am very over protective of my animals. I recently got a 3 month old blaze ferret from a local pet store that kept them in aquariums (I felt do bad) with wood chip flooring. Anyways I've had him for about a week now and he has been eating and drinking fine but today he just started gagging and chocking (like he was trying to vomit) but nothing would come up. He has done it about 3 times in the last 4 hours and I'm not sure if I should use ferret lax or if it's too late. He just keeps sleeping and waking up to gag. He has pooped once since he started gagging so I don't think it's a bad blockage as of now.
Any suggestions?

[Sherry]

What are his poops like? Partial blockage will still allow stool to pass.

[Deleted]

Welcome to the HFF (wave)

1t could be someth1ng as s1mple as he has some fur, caught 1n h1s throat. 1f he was groom1ng h1mself, that can eas1ly happen. Put a l1ttle o1l down for h1m.

L1ke Sherry sa1d, a blockage w1ll st1ll allow some poo to pass. Check h1s poo for fore1gn objects, look at h1s toys and bedd1ng for m1ss1ng p1eces. 1f you f1nd someth1ng and you th1nk, he may have swallowed some foam or rubber, or p1eces of h1s blanket, you w1ll want to beg1n a blockage protocol.
F1rst, g1ve one teaspoon of canned pumpk1n. One hour later, g1ve 1/2 teaspoon of vasel1ne. One hour later, g1ve one teaspoon of pumpk1n and the next hour, 1/2 tsp of vasel1ne. Do th1s unt1l he passes some b1g orange Poos.

What's your l1ttle ones name? You ment1oned that he 1s a blaze, have you seen any reason to th1nk that he m1ght be deaf?

Ferrets are super smart and can be compl1cated l1ttle ones. Please don't hes1tate to ask any quest1ons or express any concerns. We all love to help and there 1s alot of comb1ned ferrent exper1ence, here on the Forum.

[Sherry]

Actually, it is one tablespoon pumpkin and one teaspoon Vaseline

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Thanks Sherry. (shy)