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Post by Sherry on Oct 31, 2011 19:52:25 GMT -5
Poor wee lad Definitely get him back on the kibble for now, with some raw soup supplement hand fed. That will help with the dehydration as well as giving his little body a few more resources to draw upon to help with the healing. Let me know how he's doing?
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Post by Heather on Oct 31, 2011 23:38:06 GMT -5
Clavamox... sounds like theyre treating for ulcers, are they also using sulcrate. This will help coat the stomach and prevent further damage to the lining of the stomach that might be caused by the antibiotics. You should see a vast improvement within 2 to 3 days with a marked increase in his appetite. Please make sure that you go the full length of time that has been given for the antibiotic. He will seem to be better and the temptation is to stop. Dont. In fact once hes finished the run of his medication watch him closely as its not uncommon for the symptoms to return within a week of completing the first run of the antibiotics. I agree with Sherry...a full and complete return to the beginning is necessary for this wee one. Keep an eye also on the fact that whatever meat he was eating when he first started to feel off, he may develop an adversion for (at least temporarily). You may have to choose a different switching meat. Its simple to do, if youve been feeding chicken got to pork or another mild meat, like quail or turkey. You may want to make up some broth (chicken is probably the most simple) to see if you can increase on his desire to drink. Ive always found that theyre often willing to drink this, especially if you will sit with them on your lap and let them drink this from a spoon Good luck ciao Oh, I appologize for the lack of punctuation...my computer has decided its french tonight and Im getting strange accent punctuation
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Post by michelleapalmer on Nov 1, 2011 2:38:05 GMT -5
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Post by katt on Nov 4, 2011 0:20:56 GMT -5
Thank you Heather and Sherry for taking over. Michelle I'm sorry I had to disappear for a bit. Worst possible timing too! I had some personal stuff come up that has made getting on the forum regularly difficult. Things have calmed down a bit though so I'm back. Hopefully for good! Fingers crossed for no more chaos - especially for you! I'm very sorry I wasn't here when you had to go through this. Poor little Slinky. I'm glad to hear that he is doing better though. Keep me posted on his recovery. I hope that you will still want to continue with the switch when he is recovered. As he is probably going to be eating soft foods for a while anyways you might try a little raw soupies. When you are ready to resume let me know. I think that restarting the switch from the beginning and with a different meat would be best. I know that with Koda's IBD pork was a biiig help because he wouldn't eat lamb after a while and goat (similar to lamb - both very gentle and relatively hypoallergenic) and it was something I could find organs for (unlike goat and lamb). Also, it is not a poultry and many ferrets who have an allergy to one poultry may or may not be sensitive to others so it's good to remove all poultry for a bit, then slowly try different meats and see how the ferret reacts. Pork is pretty gentle too. If you do try to feed him any meats in his soupie definitely try something like pork or lamb first rather than chicken. Ferrets unfortunately are, as a coworker so "eloquently" (being sarcastic here) puts it "little cancer makers" and lumps and bumps, malignant and benign are pretty common. I really pray that Slinky's lump is benign! My fingers are crossed and my thoughts are with you! My boys and I send our love!
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Post by katt on Nov 11, 2011 4:18:02 GMT -5
Any updates? How is Slinky doing?
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