Hi All,

I have a very lively energetic male ferret, and after boarding him over xmas he came back with a bad tummy. Although they fed him his usual kibble and raw chicken and took great care of him.

So after a week back home he started having a bad stomach with very loose sometimes watery stools.

He has now had every test possible from full blood to stool tests on every level and nothing has shown any glimpse of issue.

What do we do?  He is just as lively as before, eating, drinking, and sometimes his stools are almost ok.
But a few days later reverts back :(

The vet can not suggest anything else except surgery!

Look forward to your replies.

Regards

Tristan

Hello there, 
That seems odd that nothing has come up with all the blood and stool tests, when he has really loose stool, are any of them green?

Hi,

No at its worst, its water and seedy stools. But not green, black, bloody. 
More like a yellow colour.

So very strange! But of course we want to firm him up.

Any advice?

Hello and Welcome to the forum!   Try adding a little pure pumpkin to a soupy. The pumpkin can help firm up his poopy. I give it to mine. Soupy can be just kibble softened, puréed and add water to make a consistency you want. Then add a little bit of pumpkin. Make sure it is pure pumpkin not pumpkin mix. He may not take to it right away. May have to encourage if not use to eating it.                                           

 
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great thanks,

would that firm him up then? I think I tried before with soft kibble mixed with pumpkin and boiled chicken, but didn't help too much as he didn't like it. And went mad fro dried kibble when I re introduced it back.

wOuld it be normal for blood and stool tests not to show up anything? would it be something serious if they didn't show anything? or a matter of finding the right diet? just seems food is flying through his body 

Tristan 

Mine eat kibble too. The soupy is only a supplement. I have just used a syringe (1cc) to give be pumpkin. Mine didn't like soupy at first but love it now. It could be what he's eating doesn't agree with him. I get my food from chewy.com. They have Wysong Epigen digestive formula I feed my older boy. 

 
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