Strange looking poop and lethargy.

[Skiff]

***Update*** She has lost one of her canine teeth, not sure what to do next, details in a post further down.

Hey, so I haven't posted here for a while but often browse, anyway, yesterday when I went to see my guys and feed them I noticed one of my girls (jinx) didn't even get out of the hammock she was in, she didn't even move whereas the other 2 were up and about and active as ever. At first I panicked that she hadn't moved, I thought the worst but when I reached in to stroke her she opened her eyes and yawned but still didn't attempt to move. I carried on with the cleaning and feeding hoping she just needed to wake up but she didn't. The only thing she did, was get up to poop and go straight back to the hammock. When I first got to the hutch, I noticed that for 3 ferrets there was not the usual amount of poop but thought nothing of it until Jinx had a poop and left this:

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This looks like something a smoker coughs up and it clearly is not normal but I don't know how worried I should be. I called my vet but they said that they only have 1 vet that specialises in exotic pets and ferrets and she wont be around until Friday. I looked at the raw fed ferret poop chart on the holistic ferret website and I would describe the poop as jelly like but it looks nothing like the image on the website. I'm at a loss and I don't know what to do next.

[cockneyferret]

I am certainly no expert, and looking at the very handy dandy poop chart it looks very much like mucous/jelly like. Both of these are worth monitoring/taking to the vet.

Some questions which may help others to assist:

What are they fed?

Have they been eating normally?

Have you changed their diet recently?  Even changing supplier might shed some light.

I hope someone with more knowledge and experience can help.

Cheers

Neil

[Skiff]

Aug 7, 2019 2:58:29 GMT -5 cockneyferret said:

I am certainly no expert, and looking at the very handy dandy poop chart it looks very much like mucous/jelly like. Both of these are worth monitoring/taking to the vet.

Some questions which may help others to assist:

What are they fed?

Have they been eating normally?

Have you changed their diet recently?  Even changing supplier might shed some light.

I hope someone with more knowledge and experience can help.

Cheers

Neil

Hey, they are on a fully raw diet and as far as I know they have been eating normally, they all look and feel healthy, there's occasionally a bit of left over food but not often.

I did have to change a few things in their diet the last time I stocked up due to the supplier not having certain meats but that was almost 3 months back and they seem to have adjusted, at first they would leave a lot of food, the new stuff they weren't used to, but that only lasted a couple of weeks and now they eat mostly everything I give them.

[abbeytheferret6]

Does it look like worms?----I am on a worm thing now as my waardy had round worms---Can you save it and give to vet? Here is pic of mine

[Heather]

I was wondering if she'd ingested something....that isn't food. Looks similar to string or elastic
ciao

[Skiff]

So, an update on this, when I went to feed them last night she was more active and responsive. I did notice though that she kept licking her lips which I though was odd, eventually she yawned and I thought something was off so I scruffed her and lifted her lips and saw that her right k-9 is gone, I have no idea when, where or how this could have happened. How is this going to affect her, is she still going to be able to eat properly? The ferret vet should be at my local surgery tomorrow so I'm going to take her in and see what they say, is she likely to need any treatment?

[Heather]

Upper or lower? If it's the upper it may be that she will need the bottom one tended to as it will cut her upper lip. She will need to be seen by a vet to make sure that everything is ok. Good luck.
ciao

[Skiff]

It's the upper one. She seems fine now but I worry that she will struggle to eat while missing one of her fangs, is that something that can happen or do they just adapt?

[Heather]

The canines are used to hold prey, they're not used to actually eat so other than holding the lip away from the other canine to prevent self mutilation, it's only used to hold and kill prey
ciao