Help With Sick Ferret

[theworkingferret 56]

right i have a jill and for the last 3 days its been of its food not drinking and weak at the back legs also the base of its tail looks like it is loseing fur and it has lost lots of weight .ive been syringe feeding it food and water ive also give it dioralyte ive phoned the vets and all they said was they need to see it and are looking £100 for a call out and consultation which is a joke what could be wrong and is there any thing i can do or does it sound like a goner

[theworkingferret 56]

anyone

[bobby blackheart 1,209]

had a problem like that few weeks back-vet told me to syringe food/water etc-after 1 day it was kinda to put her out of her misery after a certain point they dont recover-noticed the ferret was off food on friday looking unwell-saturday vets-1 day trying to feed/keep it alive-wife asks me to end its suffering on the sunday morning it was start/stopping breathing- keep trying mate-bring it in the house and keep it warm atb

[foxtails 272]

have you had any new ferrets in the last few weeks ?

[redial 81]

Try other vet's , will it eat / drink milk , liver, egg's, soft cat food.

Haveyou googled problem. Hope you get sorted.

[Ideation 8,216]

Get some hills critical care food and mix in with water and syringe it into her.

[The one 8,483]

Is it a old ferret ?. and i would also phone another vet's surgery

[theworkingferret 56]

the ferret is only a year old ive been syringeing baby food and water an,dioralyte into it i boiled up some chicken tonight and it was getting tucked in to it which is the first its ate by itself in 3days but its stil abit weak at the back end the only change theres been is that it was put in with 3 of my other jills as it was in with its brother and i didnt want it getting mated with him i will keep doing what ive been doing and see how she gos if i think its suffering i will do the right thing thanks for the reply lads if u can think of any thing else let me no

[theworkingferret 56]

Get some hills critical care food and mix in with water and syringe it into her.

is this for ferrets ? just so i can ask for it at the place i get a few things from

[johnny boy68 11,726]

 

Get some hills critical care food and mix in with water and syringe it into her.

is this for ferrets ? just so i can ask for it at the place i get a few things from

 

Its for cats it is but it will help the ferret out.

http://www.hillspet.com/products/pd-feline-ad-caninefeline-critical-care-canned.html

[redpat1 225]

the ferret is only a year old ive been syringeing baby food and water an,dioralyte into it i boiled up some chicken tonight and it was getting tucked in to it which is the first its ate by itself in 3days but its stil abit weak at the back end the only change theres been is that it was put in with 3 of my other jills as it was in with its brother and i didnt want it getting mated with him i will keep doing what ive been doing and see how she gos if i think its suffering i will do the right thing thanks for the reply lads if u can think of any thing else let me no

How is she doing this morning mate?

 

Pat

[theworkingferret 56]

she seems to be doing a bit better today shes eating & drinking by herself now and a bit stronger on her back end just hope shes on the mend now and dosnt go downhill again cheers lads

[dave1600d 35]

hopefully she will come round for ya mate,,,,if youda knocked her on the head without trying,,,,you woulda always been wondering wat woulda happened.....but now you given her a chance and she seems to be okay,,,,you know youve made the right decision......100 quid is a bit steep,,,but id have paid it if i couldnt find a better price,,,,ATB dave

[tiger82 43]

Might of had something in her throat. atb