Lisa, has the vet looked very well at the X-ray ? My Carmel (RB) had the same thing and it turned out that one of the vertebrae at the end of his back was out...
Lisa, Have you tested your ferrets for ADV? Hind end weakness is one of the symptoms. It also sound like she ay have had an injury from a fall. Has your vet...
I do not know how much presentations vary but when Meeteetse had lymphoma in her spinal cord the onset of symptoms was slow. First she had periodic urinary...
Some of you may recall over the last couple of years my posting about Boo Boo's weight and health and what appears as a possible tooth/gum/chewing problem. ...
Ella, you have fed softened foods for so long that certainly gum disease is a possibility. What you need to do is stop vascillating between extremes. You need...
Sukie Crandall
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Jul 1, 2007 6:10 pm
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Can ferrets develop (like humans) the bone disease? Like spinal stenosis, a herniated disk or even DDD (disk degenerate disease)? Could this be a possibility...
Can ferrets develop (like humans) the bone disease? Like spinal stenosis, a herniated disk or even DDD (disk degenerate disease)? Could this be a possibility...
Hi Robert, No, I would not jump to the conclusion that the anorexia and refusing to eat are related to the Lupron. The 2 most common problems that need to be...
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Jul 1, 2007 7:14 pm
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(Sorry about the change iin subject but we are getting a port 80 failure of the browser server for Optonline so I can't get to either the FHL or my g-mail...
Sukie Crandall
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Ella, is there any possibility it may be a problem with his jaw? He has some of the symptoms that Romeo had a while back and when the vet xrayed his head it...
The following is something I wrote and posted on another list, but thought I might also share here, since many people might find it interesting. The Symposiums...
I must say thank you to all who repsonded and also to Debbie who spoke to me on the IM friday. I was such in a panick my little girl was not feeling good that...
I believe that a ferret that I'm fostering has lymphoma. She has lumps under her armpits, is very lethargic, has lost a lot of weight, and it also feels like...
It sounds like Boo Boo might have some acid reflux. You may want to talk to your vet about Pepcid AC. Also, many of mine absolutely think the soft Ultimate is...
Danee, thanks a lot. What I'm curious about is whether there may be a difference between geographical regions or should it be taken as a fact anywhere in the...
I'm sorry I haven't gotten back to everyone about the dosing of phenoxybenzamine (Dibenzylene) but I recently had knee surgery and haven't been able to bend my...
In the cases where lymphoma clumps it appears to happen a few years after a viral exposure if I recall right and I have not read of that virus persisting. The...
... is wrong. What was actually suggested was about 3 years (the deviation was large, though) from neutering surgery no matter what the age of surgery was. I...
Thank you everyone for all the valuable feedback on Lily. I see the vet next week for the fourth time on Lily's condition in recent weeks, and I feel I am...
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Jul 2, 2007 5:38 pm
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It is never possible to be 100% safe. Anything 100% safe would offer so little exercise that their lives would be seriously limited from lack of muscularity...
Sukie Crandall
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Jul 2, 2007 6:01 pm
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... a room or an ... they don't get ... based on ... day.......even ... discussion ... My ferrets have free roam of 3 rooms (sometimes 4) and stairs to first...
"They won't do a teeth cleaning on him because he's FAT." I am not sure I understand why your vet won't do a dental cleaning just because your pet is...
My vet and her affiliated dental specialist were perfectly willing to clean my ferret Ronan's teeth when he looked like a furry sable eggplant--they didn't...
Danee, this was very timely and interesting to me as I currently have kits. A couple thoughts. My kits are now 2 days short of 10 weeks, but they are STILL...
Thanks to Sukie, 3 more pictures of kit teeth my friend took are now posted in the photo section under "Dental Aging of Ferrets". At 9 weeks of 11 ferrets (6...
Ferrets get the same prion disease as mink (transmissible mink encephalopathy) and can contract it from eating infected tissues. Luckily, it is very rare, but...
... Nelli, I'm not Danee, but as someone with experience breeding, and had ferrets over 20 years, I hope you don't mind my responding. ... geographical regions...
Lisa, I have read of many these days doing some kind of physical therapy , sometimes involving water therapy for their injured babies, and thought this might...
Veterinary Physical Therapy is a field I would love to see more studied formally and more widely available. (As someone who had PT from birth -- having been...
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