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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Oscar Wilde
by Sam on Sun Jan 20th, 2008 at 02:14:38 PM EST
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My ferrets have what I'm pretty sure is ECE, so I'm having to monitor them all day to make sure they're eating and drinking properly.  One of them dropped a ton of his weight -- big danger with them -- in a matter of only a couple days, so I had to take him to the vet's office.  Fortunately, I think we caught it in time, and he's putting it back on with this special crap they gave me to feed him.  The other doesn't seem to be suffering nearly as much, and hopefully it'll stay that way.

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
by Drew J Jones (blahblahblah@blahblahblah.com) on Sun Jan 20th, 2008 at 02:39:55 PM EST
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Eeep. That sounds complicated. You're right: sick pets are no fun.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Sun Jan 20th, 2008 at 02:48:22 PM EST
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It took me a while to figure out what they were talking about.  Normally with doctors I take the "whatever you say approach," as I did here.  But apparently it's just a matter of keeping weight on until it passes.

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
by Drew J Jones (blahblahblah@blahblahblah.com) on Sun Jan 20th, 2008 at 03:16:44 PM EST
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Well hopefully they'll both recover fully quickly.  I wouldn't have thought ferrets would have much weight to lose in the first place!

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Oscar Wilde
by Sam on Sun Jan 20th, 2008 at 03:10:50 PM EST
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Nope, they don't.  Very high metabolism, so they burn through it astonishingly fast.

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
by Drew J Jones (blahblahblah@blahblahblah.com) on Sun Jan 20th, 2008 at 03:15:22 PM EST
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