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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2015 20:36:18 GMT -5
Does anyone have their ferret's IBD under control,without the use of medication? I have a suspect in the house and I was hoping---if it is so, that there could be a remedy without the long term use of medication. I really hate doing months of medication. (very concerned about symptoms of medication).
Do u think a whole prey diet would help-----excluding all birds.
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Post by Celene on Jan 28, 2015 23:28:48 GMT -5
I'm just here to listen and learn. I don't really know anything about IBD in ferrets, but one of mine has been having really mucousy poops, which I've read is a symptom.
Can ferrets be given aloe gel? I was taking a lot of aloe gel (mixed into a drink) when I had a bout of (human) IBD.
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Post by Jeremy's Boggle on Jan 29, 2015 0:01:48 GMT -5
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Post by msav on Jan 29, 2015 0:06:50 GMT -5
one of my 7 year old (Koufos) had chronic IBD, he has been completely cured with switching to Raw. They get whole prey 4 meals a week, (Rat, mouse, quail and chicken) only time he has runny poop is on liver and heart days. But not like IBD, just watery and tarry, It is gone by the next meal though.
He still had IBD all through the soup phase, by the time he was eating bone, meat and whole prey the IBD was gone.
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Post by bitbyter on Jan 29, 2015 0:17:47 GMT -5
IBD is usually tied to food types. A protein trial to figure out which foods cause issues is the best bet. It can be time consuming but well worth it in the end. You may not totally get them off medication but you can certainly work to lower the dosage and frequency by figuring out their trigger proteins.
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Post by katt on Jan 29, 2015 4:03:50 GMT -5
A protein trial is the best place to start. Only if they cannot be controlled by diet do you need to resort to meds and that's usually only for relatively severe cases.
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