Ferret Diarrhea Sources

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1)  Food or Water

• Food changes or too many treats

• Contaminated water

2)  Stress

• Internal - irregular feedings (feast or famine)

• External - a fearful living environment

3)  Heat Stroke

4)  Vaccination Reactions

5)  Late Stages of Death

6)  Toxic Substance in the body

• Oral ingestion

• Absorbed through the skin or foot pads

7)  Intestinal Obstruction - Partial

• Hairball

• Foreign object (like rubber glove, eraser, sponge)

• Tumor causing partial blockage

• Lymphoma - swollen gastric or mesenteric lymph node

8)  Bacterial/Viral

• Campylobacter

• E-coli

• Human Influenza

• Canine Distemper

• Rotovirus

• Helicobacter

• ECE (Epizootic Catarrhal Enteritis), Green Slime Disease

9)  Wasting Diseases

• PBD - Proliferative Bowell Disease

• IBD - Inflammatory Bowell Disease

• EG - Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis.  Probably an allergy or immune reaction

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For more Ferret information see:

Ferret Adrenal Disease

Ferrets' Needs and Diseases

Ferret Surgery Check List

Uncle Mike's Chicken Gravy

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