Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2015 13:43:52 GMT -5
Hello everyone,
I'm a new member, but a long time lurker. I'm having an issue with my little furball that is very concerning and confusing. It started two weeks ago. My little Hunter (turning 6 next month) loves water, drinking it, playing in it, spilling it. I noticed one day when he sat down to take a drink, he started spitting it out, and made a face as though it was painful to him. I checked his mouth, and he appeared to have some tartar. These symptoms continued for a day or so. Whenever he would take larger gulps, he would shake his head, spit it out, and almost start foaming as if out of disgust.
I called my vet, and brought him in. She said it's likely related to his teeth, so we booked him in for a cleaning. They extracted one loose tooth. While he was there, she took some blood, and his kidney levels were slightly off. She took a sample of his urine, and that one turned out normal. She thinks that he may have been slightly dehydrated due to his aversion to water due to the probable tooth pain.
Anyway...and this is a long and bizarre story, as she went to take some urine from what she thought was his bladder...it turns out...it was a lump on his spleen. Okay, so she calls me, and I tell her to take an aspirate. She's on vacation now, but I called her office and made them give me the results. They were normal spleen cells. His spleen is not enlarged, and he doesn't have enlarged lymph nodes anywhere.
I brought the poor little man home, and after the teeth cleaning/ extraction---the problem seems to have gotten worse. I'm afraid he will become completely dehydrated from his aversion to water. He is doing the same thing...takes a sip, shakes his head, spits, grinds his teeth, and foams at the mouth, and then goes about his day. I'm so worried, and completely at a loss. That visit cost me $1300. I'm not sure what else I can do? I can't even speak to the vet until next week when she is back from her vacation. I have been giving him water from a syringe, which he takes okay.
He has been eating as per usual, but I do notice that he may have started eating less in the last few days, and appears to be losing weight.
There is nothing strange in his mouth or throat. I have had ferrets for 10+ years, and I have never seen this before. He doesn't have seizures (not insulinoma) and doesn't grind his teeth, other than immediately following drinking water. His poops are not tarry (not ulcer).
Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.
I'm a new member, but a long time lurker. I'm having an issue with my little furball that is very concerning and confusing. It started two weeks ago. My little Hunter (turning 6 next month) loves water, drinking it, playing in it, spilling it. I noticed one day when he sat down to take a drink, he started spitting it out, and made a face as though it was painful to him. I checked his mouth, and he appeared to have some tartar. These symptoms continued for a day or so. Whenever he would take larger gulps, he would shake his head, spit it out, and almost start foaming as if out of disgust.
I called my vet, and brought him in. She said it's likely related to his teeth, so we booked him in for a cleaning. They extracted one loose tooth. While he was there, she took some blood, and his kidney levels were slightly off. She took a sample of his urine, and that one turned out normal. She thinks that he may have been slightly dehydrated due to his aversion to water due to the probable tooth pain.
Anyway...and this is a long and bizarre story, as she went to take some urine from what she thought was his bladder...it turns out...it was a lump on his spleen. Okay, so she calls me, and I tell her to take an aspirate. She's on vacation now, but I called her office and made them give me the results. They were normal spleen cells. His spleen is not enlarged, and he doesn't have enlarged lymph nodes anywhere.
I brought the poor little man home, and after the teeth cleaning/ extraction---the problem seems to have gotten worse. I'm afraid he will become completely dehydrated from his aversion to water. He is doing the same thing...takes a sip, shakes his head, spits, grinds his teeth, and foams at the mouth, and then goes about his day. I'm so worried, and completely at a loss. That visit cost me $1300. I'm not sure what else I can do? I can't even speak to the vet until next week when she is back from her vacation. I have been giving him water from a syringe, which he takes okay.
He has been eating as per usual, but I do notice that he may have started eating less in the last few days, and appears to be losing weight.
There is nothing strange in his mouth or throat. I have had ferrets for 10+ years, and I have never seen this before. He doesn't have seizures (not insulinoma) and doesn't grind his teeth, other than immediately following drinking water. His poops are not tarry (not ulcer).
Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.
