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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2015 0:05:36 GMT -5
So shelby has had some runny watery poops today and they got so bad they werent really any poop just specks. And she kept rubbing her butt on the carpet and then finally a good size poop came out. It was just bones and regular poop. It really worried me. I know what comes in usually comes out so I read that bones coming out is fine but I am wondering if I gave her to much bone and she got a little constipated?
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Post by gfountain on Aug 22, 2015 11:02:43 GMT -5
Awwww....a new baby! Sometimes bathing will help with integrating, but just use a mild baby shampoo. They're both really young, so I expect that they'll get along fine. Where is the new baby coming from? A 2 week quarantine is recommended to make sure the new one is healthy and won't give any diseases to Shelby. Ferrets absolutely do the follow-the-leader thing with their food. Again, with the new one being a baby, he/she should take right to the new diet. One thing to be aware of is that a sudden diet change can and will cause horrible poops. I can't link on this device but if you search through my threads from April/May 2014, you can read about my horrible experience with poops from a sudden switch. My kibble baby was only 10 weeks old when I got her and her first meal at home was a pork chop she stole straight from her big brother's mouth. She's never touched kibble again. The two newest boys were already partially switched when they arrived, but they definitely watched and learned from the other two.
About the bad poops, was the good size one hard? Did you smash it to make sure there was nothing in it?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2015 11:04:37 GMT -5
So she ate almost all the beef I gave her. Over night it looks like she had two small poops looks like shes still has watery poops. But she has an appetite, shes also running around. I dont know if weather has anything to do with it but it had been cold the last like three days and then yesterday was extremely hot. Yes she had a water bottle frozen and a wet towl on the cage. Shes not acting sick so I find it hard to take her to the vet when shes running and playing and eating. Just watery poops.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2015 11:08:51 GMT -5
Awwww....a new baby! Sometimes bathing will help with integrating, but just use a mild baby shampoo. They're both really young, so I expect that they'll get along fine. Where is the new baby coming from? A 2 week quarantine is recommended to make sure the new one is healthy and won't give any diseases to Shelby. Ferrets absolutely do the follow-the-leader thing with their food. Again, with the new one being a baby, he/she should take right to the new diet. One thing to be aware of is that a sudden diet change can and will cause horrible poops. I can't link on this device but if you search through my threads from April/May 2014, you can read about my horrible experience with poops from a sudden switch. My kibble baby was only 10 weeks old when I got her and her first meal at home was a pork chop she stole straight from her big brother's mouth. She's never touched kibble again. The two newest boys were already partially switched when they arrived, but they definitely watched and learned from the other two. About the bad poops, was the good size one hard? Did you smash it to make sure there was nothing in it? I picked it up with toilet paper so I dont think it was extremely hard. Just large. Then I woke her up 30 minutes later and she walked around and had another poop. This one was longer and more normal so to speak looking. And she acted fine and what not.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2015 11:18:16 GMT -5
I found the dried up poops in the garbage since they were right on top. I kind of just looked them and pushed them around and they are all bone.
However I did notice she likes stashing and I have caught her two or three times finding dried out food in her play pen. I dont know how old it is. Anyways if she eats that could that cause the watery poops?
She also had lamb as well yesterday morning and had a couple watery poops too before all of this started happening.
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Post by gfountain on Aug 22, 2015 11:20:32 GMT -5
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Post by gfountain on Aug 22, 2015 11:33:33 GMT -5
Was it PIECES of bone or just one larger bone? It sounds like something blocked her up for a little while. If she swallowed a bone without chewing it, that could have done it. Make sure her bones are large enough that she HAS to chew them up rather than swallowing them whole. A forum member lost a boy last year to a blockage of bone that he swallowed and couldn't pass.
Normally ferrets won't eat things that are too far gone to be safe, so eating the stashes should not make her sick. However, dried out bone can be brittle so I would remove that if you find it.
Honestly, while we tell you to be aware of the poops, it's very easy to get overconcerned. Raw poops can vary so much and for so many different reasons that it's hard to know exactly what causes them. If you're really concerned about a specific food causing the funky poops, keep a record of her meals, activity, poops, etc so you can look for patterns. But if activity is good and she's eating happily, I wouldn't be too worried about an off poop every now and then.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2015 11:46:40 GMT -5
Was it PIECES of bone or just one larger bone? It sounds like something blocked her up for a little while. If she swallowed a bone without chewing it, that could have done it. Make sure her bones are large enough that she HAS to chew them up rather than swallowing them whole. A forum member lost a boy last year to a blockage of bone that he swallowed and couldn't pass. Normally ferrets won't eat things that are too far gone to be safe, so eating the stashes should not make her sick. However, dried out bone can be brittle so I would remove that if you find it. Honestly, while we tell you to be aware of the poops, it's very easy to get overconcerned. Raw poops can vary so much and for so many different reasons that it's hard to know exactly what causes them. If you're really concerned about a specific food causing the funky poops, keep a record of her meals, activity, poops, etc so you can look for patterns. But if activity is good and she's eating happily, I wouldn't be too worried about an off poop every now and then. They were pieces of bone yes. One had a larger size bone in it. The other the first one was just a bunch of small bones but super compacted. I will make sure fully that bones are big enough for her. I feel better she just pooped. It was watery yes but it wasnt specs it was a full on watery poop. So it sounds funny but at least those are normal. She ate all her beef and is running around in her play pen trying to get out to play with the dogs lol I am getting a baby from petco. I only have one cage how can I do a quarentine?
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Post by gfountain on Aug 22, 2015 12:16:18 GMT -5
Try 'salting' her muscle meats with eggshell or bonemeal. That should help the loose poops.
It's super hard to quarantine properly. Ideally, they should not occupy the same space at all, even at different times of the day, for two weeks to give any possible illnesses time to present and be treated, but that is nearly impossible to do and still give them each enough play time. Can you at least keep the new baby in a carrier or in a playpen for a while, away from Shelby? Most likely, they are both going to know that another ferret is in the house and fight to get to each other. Just do the best you can with the space you have. You're going to LOVE having two! And you do know that pictures are required of all new babies, right?!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2015 12:23:25 GMT -5
Try 'salting' her muscle meats with eggshell or bonemeal. That should help the loose poops. It's super hard to quarantine properly. Ideally, they should not occupy the same space at all, even at different times of the day, for two weeks to give any possible illnesses time to present and be treated, but that is nearly impossible to do and still give them each enough play time. Can you at least keep the new baby in a carrier or in a playpen for a while, away from Shelby? Most likely, they are both going to know that another ferret is in the house and fight to get to each other. Just do the best you can with the space you have. You're going to LOVE having two! And you do know that pictures are required of all new babies, right?! I was going to do that I just wanted a good runny poop big enough where I know shes passing poop. And not just specs of poop. I am going to try to keep them apart. No guarentees. I am pretty sure shes pretty healthy knowing the pet store has had her since 8 weeks and shes 4 months old now. She also gets a free wellness check from the vet too. And when I get her I will post a pic so you can see how pretty she is
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Post by gfountain on Aug 22, 2015 12:35:34 GMT -5
One thing about little girls that I didn't know until I got a little girl, is that often they do just have tiny specks of poop. My little one will put just a dot here or there. She'll do that until I start to get worried about a blockage and then she'll pop out a nice big one. I think she's either marking her territory or deliberately trying to worry me so she'll get more attention than the boys do!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2015 12:45:15 GMT -5
Typical female!!!! I am just kidding but srriously though. Shelbys done that a couple times. Scared me. Still does. Good to know its not just my little shelby that specks poop lol
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Post by gfountain on Aug 22, 2015 12:46:12 GMT -5
Are you getting another female or a male?
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Post by gfountain on Aug 22, 2015 12:46:20 GMT -5
Never mind. I see above you said she.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2015 13:15:13 GMT -5
Shes white with a light brown stripe that goes down her back and her whole tail is brown! She might have red eyes but they are so dark that its hard to tell
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