http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ Ferret Health List (FHL) Fri, 24 May 2013 17:20:59 GMT Marsha Hostetler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/19337 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/19337 Then you know it is not a blockage so would follow up with your exotic vet. I have a regular vet who gives shots but I also have another for any problems. I Fri, 24 May 2013 12:04:24 GMT natczer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/19336 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/19336 Thanks Tressie, There is ONE veterinary cardiologist in my entire state and he doesn't know anything about ferrets! I suppose I could ask for a referral but Fri, 24 May 2013 11:56:47 GMT Randie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/19335 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/19335 No smokers. Randie Fri, 24 May 2013 11:56:42 GMT Randie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/19334 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/19334 I'm a she, and I live with my parents who clean the litterboxes. According to my dad, Henry's poop is normal. Randie ... consistency of poop? ? Fri, 24 May 2013 11:56:21 GMT Randie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/19333 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/19333 We didn't take Henry to the exotics-only vet hospital where my four other ferrets got their deslorelin implants, because its more than an hour away. Instead, Fri, 24 May 2013 11:55:56 GMT Randie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/19332 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/19332 Normal. Randie Thu, 23 May 2013 16:03:14 GMT Brenda Taylor http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/19331 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/19331 Good idea, Marsha,but she is blind...how does she check consistency of poop? [It sounds like she/he lives with parents, who can check the stool. - Moderator Thu, 23 May 2013 16:02:33 GMT Brenda Taylor http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/19330 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/19330 We lost a little girl, not yet 3 years old, to cardiomyopathy...her only symptom was a cough, and that was 3 weeks before she died. I am not trying to scare Thu, 23 May 2013 12:54:16 GMT Tressie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/19329 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/19329 Hi Natalie, I would still advise getting a consult from a veterinary cardiologist/specialist. Prednisolone does not cause fluid retention to the degree you Thu, 23 May 2013 12:12:23 GMT Sukie Crandall http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/19328 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/19328 Tressie correctly mentions that in ferrets VERY often heart disease, or pneumonia, or pleurisy can NOT be found if x-rays are not done, also if there is Thu, 23 May 2013 12:11:53 GMT Sukie Crandall http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/19327 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/19327 Also, people are not smoking around these ferrets, right? Like people ferrets can get lung cancer from side stream smoke. Sent from my iPad Thu, 23 May 2013 10:48:44 GMT Randie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/19326 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/19326 I'm 25. I'll keep you all updated. Randie ... some of the replies from people here. Thu, 23 May 2013 10:46:00 GMT Marsha Hostetler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/19325 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/19325 What does his poop look like it is normal or stringy? I always check their poop that can tell you if he has an obstruction if it is stringy there could be a Thu, 23 May 2013 10:44:24 GMT Randie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/19324 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/19324 My mom agreed to take us to the vet, where we learned that they have no idea what's wrong with Henry, but that it's not a lower respiratory infection and Thu, 23 May 2013 10:40:20 GMT natczer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/19323 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/19323 I'm now relatively sure it's not pain we're dealing with and that maybe the noises are just 'waking up' noises. I spoke to the vet (I did manage to see my vet)