From:
"fret.popper"
Date: 2009-06-08 09:08:17 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Sick ferrets in Australia
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
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Answers to your questions.
>
> These seem to be the symptoms in temporal order
>
> lack of desire to eat
YES
> disorientation
OBSERVED IN ONE FERRET, REGGIE
> lethargy, crying, "swollen under rib cage area"
YES
>(Do you refer to a large spleen
NO
>or to a swollen GI tract, both, or neither?)
SWOLLEN GI TRACT AND/OR ACCUMULATION OF FLUID
> seizures and trouble breathing at this point in some of the individuals
>
> Pamlin and Oxygen given
> (Question, were their lungs imaged at this point?)
YES X-RAYS TAKEN - SHOWED NOTHING
> more seizures and difficulty breathing
>
> diarrhea in some (survived)
YES
> furball prep given to some (survived)
YES
> some cold to the touch (Were any fevering and were anal
> temps taken? What were temps?)
TEMPERATURES NORMAL EXCEPT FOR POCO WHO WAS HYPOTHERMIC,
SHE SURVIVED.
BELLA HAD FEVER, ABOVE 41C, SHE DIED. SEE EMAILS 26 AND 28 MAY.
> Vet report notes 20 ferrets with weakness, bloating, abdominal pain,
> agonal gasping
NOT ALL OF THEM WERE AFFECTED TO THE SAME DEGREE, SOME OF
THEM JUST WENT OFF THEIR FOOD FOR 2-3 DAYS AND RECOVERED
> One of the ferrets (others?) in necropsy showed pronounced oral gum
> disease. (Was this definitely chronic or might it have been from a
> recent and extreme cause? Were there mouth sores?)
NOT SURE, BUT PROBABLY CRONIC
> Diet raw whole prey with kibble offered (Did I get that right?)
NO. VARIOUS FRESH RAW MINCED MEATS, CHICKEN WINGS AND NECKS,
NO DRY FOOD, THEY DON'T LIKE IT
> Lungs and kidneys slightly mottled
YES
> Detailed necropsy report and more in some posts in
> http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/10657
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