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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2016 14:02:06 GMT -5
I love him to bits, his name is Bilbo and I believe he is around 5 years old (he was adopted with his cage mate, Chai. Since then I've added two more young ones to the family, so four total!) I adopted him in Florida and moved from FL to NC, to MA with them all over the span of a year. Bilbo used to love running in fields, playing the "Chase game," being covered with sheets, squeaky toys, being tickled, but the past year (since the moves and the babies) he has lost his spark. He will speed bump, sleep, and eat now! I'll let him out every day and try to engage in some sort of play with him, he'll hop away, speed bump, stare at me (I swear he's saying, "I hate you... you're not my real mom!" lol.), or he'll go right from the cage to the inside of the couch and fall asleep. He won't play outside, with sheets, new or old toys, I don't know what's wrong, if he's depressed, old, etc?  I bring him to a different area of the park every day and the entire time he just waddles around and then looks at me like, "can we go home now." I've tried ball pits, treats in egg cartons, fishing for ice cubes, etc, etc... he just doesn't seem happy anymore. He's been to the vet and checks out clean, healthy little fuzzbutt, just... unhappy. |
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Post by unclejoe on May 30, 2016 19:25:37 GMT -5
is he an only? They can calm down as they get older, but the way you describe it , it might be depression from moving around. I've moved a gang and they were excited to be somewhere new.
It could also be the young ones. How long between adopting them and his change in behavior>? he could be jealous. Does he get along with the newbs? try more one on one time with him if you can. Long time singles or duos might take time to get used to youngsters. A lot of times they just go after them.
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Post by Heather on May 30, 2016 20:31:40 GMT -5
I know you've said he was vet checked but....did they take his BG or do any blood work? Is he a farm ferret? Altered? Adrenal will give these type of symptoms as well. This cannot be discerned but just a casual vet check. This disease often is overlooked initially as it's only got vague symptoms and the blood tests are often false negatives. Five years old isn't old for a ferret so we must look to something being wrong
ciao
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2016 3:21:19 GMT -5
is he an only? They can calm down as they get older, but the way you describe it , it might be depression from moving around. I've moved a gang and they were excited to be somewhere new. It could also be the young ones. How long between adopting them and his change in behavior>? he could be jealous. Does he get along with the newbs? try more one on one time with him if you can. Long time singles or duos might take time to get used to youngsters. A lot of times they just go after them. Bilbo loves to play with and cuddle the newbies, he took to them immediately as if he had known them all his life. Bilbo was adopted with 3 year old Chai, so he has only been with her most of his life, but he seems to treat the others well, sometimes he will wrestle harshly, but he is usually playing with them. I'm wondering if it's from moving, I've been here 6 months so far. |
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2016 3:23:20 GMT -5
I know you've said he was vet checked but....did they take his BG or do any blood work? Is he a farm ferret? Altered? Adrenal will give these type of symptoms as well. This cannot be discerned but just a casual vet check. This disease often is overlooked initially as it's only got vague symptoms and the blood tests are often false negatives. Five years old isn't old for a ferret so we must look to something being wrong ciao No, they didn't take any blood work, I don't believe... He is altered(if this means neutered), Marshall. He doesn't have any signs or symptoms of Adrenal, but a check won't hurt. |
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Post by Sherry on May 31, 2016 9:35:34 GMT -5
My first thought would be insulinoma, determined by a simple in house(vet) blood glucose check. Anything below 70 would be confirmed and need to be treated by twice daily prednisolone.
Next would be adrenal. That can't successfully always be determined by the tennessee panel(too many false negatives), but a deslorelin implant will help tremendously and do no harm if it isn't adrenal as it is being used as a possible preventative anyway.
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Post by Heather on May 31, 2016 13:36:42 GMT -5
Agreed, if no blood work was done at the time, I would definitely go for a BG to rule out insulinoma. It's a simple, fast and cheap test.
ciao
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2016 19:45:23 GMT -5
Would it hurt to wait until the 9th when I am paid or would you suggest I get this done ASAP?
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Post by Heather on Jun 1, 2016 21:12:03 GMT -5
I would guess if you're not seeing any rear end weakness or zoning out that you should be ok. Try seeing if he will eat some extra meals (this is only for the possible insulinoma issue), the possible adrenal issue can wait for a short period of time
ciao
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