Really Ill Ferret

[Scuzy 1]

Hello all,

I recently found an albino hob 2 months ago and he has been fine up until now.

I went down to feed them an hour ago and he is really lathargic and wont come out of his nest box, when i picked him up i noticed he has a really large, hard, swollen lump around his groin area?

However, 2 days ago he climbed up the cupboard in his run and bit open a tube of that Multivitamin/Malt paste and ate half the tube .

I dont know if this is anything to do with his tiredness or is it the swollen lump or both?

 

Please help any advice on what it could be he is a great worker and i dont want to lose him.

 

Regards, Luke.

[Kay 3,709]

Hello all,

I recently found an albino hob 2 months ago and he has been fine up until now.

I went down to feed them an hour ago and he is really lathargic and wont come out of his nest box, when i picked him up i noticed he has a really large, hard, swollen lump around his groin area?

However, 2 days ago he climbed up the cupboard in his run and bit open a tube of that Multivitamin/Malt paste and ate half the tube .

I dont know if this is anything to do with his tiredness or is it the swollen lump or both?

 

Please help any advice on what it could be he is a great worker and i dont want to lose him.

 

Regards, Luke.

 

I am pretty sure the malt paste would have had a laxative effect on the ferret if its eaten a lot of it, if your at all worried under the circs i would get him to a vets due to where the lump is

[T78 4]

see my post "lump on ferrets neck" mine was a little lethargic too but fine in herself otherwise. might be nothing like what she had but worth looking...

[stubby 175]

update on the ferret?

[Scuzy 1]

UPDATE: Went down this morning and he has trouble even opening his eyes now and hes not eating or drinking i think ill give the vets a call...

[markieboi 0]

YOU SHOULD HAVE ALREADY CALLED THE VETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Scuzy 1]

YOU SHOULD HAVE ALREADY CALLED THE VETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Er, for your information, i did call the vets at about 7:30 last night as soon as i knew he was ill when they were SHUT and it would cost me an extra £30 for them to open the surgery Out-Of-Time and they told me it would be best to ring them in the morning and keep him wrapped up warm for the night which i DID and i HAVE called the vets now and ive got an appointment for him at 3:30, so if i were you id keep your mouth shut and dont jump to conclusions when you dont even know whats gone on

Edited March 15, 2008 by Scuzy

[markieboi 0]

but why havent you called the vets before you actualy made a post about it mate

 

my ferret looks like its almost dead what should i do

 

PUT A POST ABOUT IT ON THE FORUM

 

GREAT IDEA BUDDY

 

as you state in the morning you went down to check then u put a post up at one pm about it and at one you still hadnt made a appointment?

[markieboi 0]

sorry bud im just stateing the facts from the out side looking in

[Scuzy 1]

Well i may have not stated it clearly in the first post, but i was just worried and i wanted all the help i could get, however ive been to the vets and its bad news, he said he has a ruptured bladder hence the swollen stomach, he is quite an old ferret and the vet said he would put him to sleep or i could take him home as he wont be around much longer .

So i brought him home and hes in his sleeping compartment with his favorite thing, a rabbits head even though hes not eating it .

Hes looking really tired and i feel really sorry for him and im spending all the time i can with him now untuil tommorow and if hes made it through the night im taking him back to the vets tomorrow to put him to sleep .

I asked the vet what would cause such an injury and he said if id found him which i did it could have been due to a trauma ie; being hit by a car poor thing.

Its such a sad ending, at the beginning i never thought it would come to this i thought it would be a case of some antibiotics and bing-bang all better again but sadly it doesent look like hes going to pull through but im not all that sad hes had a good life and ive already bred him with my jill so his legacy will live on as a great working ferret .

Ive had some bad luck this year, i lost a great ferret 3 weeks ago and now this, im really upset.

 

Regards, Luke.

[markieboi 0]

shit sorry to hear that buddy

[Scuzy 1]

Its OK, but sadly he hasent made it and he was dead at around 8:00 when i went down to feed the others , im off up the mountain tomorrow to bury him an lets hope those kits of his turn out OK.

Another loss of a great worker but hes had a good life and he died peacefully .

 

Luke.

Edited March 15, 2008 by Scuzy

[Guest basil46]

It`s surprising how many get attached to their ferrets. I know a few that buy them in september and unload them at the end of the season because it`s a hassle looking after them during the summer. I keep mine all year because to me, they are worth their weight in gold. In fact without them how good a season would any of us have? Sorry to hear of your loss mate, at least you took the steps that many others wouldn`t have. Your ferret was lucky to have such an owner.

basil.

Edited March 17, 2008 by basil46

[Malt 379]

Any chance it could have been a spider bite?

[Scuzy 1]

Na, i doubt it because of the condition he was in with the swollen abdomen etc.. Either way i dont think the vet could have done anything about it .

 

Luke

Edited March 17, 2008 by Scuzy