How long has your vet treated ferrets? There are so many vets that are completely unknowledgable about ferrets, but try to treat them anyway. I can't believe they gave her a bath. Completely unneeded. Even if she was so sick that she went to the bathroom on herself, they could've used something like baby wipes to clean her up. Stressing an already very ill animal out with a bath is lunacy to me.

What are these blood tests testing for? You said the vet said the blood tests were off the chart. What was it in the blood that was testing off the chart. If they can't give you any answers, they need to let her go home with you. Personally if it was me, I'd make sure she was stable and start calling around for a more experienced vet to take her to. I'd also e-mail Dr. Bruce Williams with your entire post about how your fuzzy is doing and what this vet has done. Dr. Williams is a very ferret knowledgable vet and lectures at many ferret events. He should be able to shed some light on your fuzzy's condition.

Dr. Williams email:
Bruce Williams DVM
[email protected]

Check out www.ferretcentral.org they have great information. Look under resources at all the health pages. Here's a list of New York vets reccommended:
Fine Animal Hosp
Listing needs reverification
701 Bedford Road
Bedford Hills
NY
10507
914-666-8061

Brockport Animal Hosp
Listing needs reverification
6352 Brockport-Spencerport Rd
Brockport
NY
14420
716-637-6190

Broadway Animal Hosp of Riverdale
Dr. Scott Luckow
5664 Broadway
Bronx
NY
10463
718-543-5600

Fifth Avenue Veterinary Hospital
Dr. Roy J. Appel
9102 5th Ave
Brooklyn
NY
11209
718-748-1066

Burnt Hills Animal Hospital
Dr Ferrell
Goode St
Burnt Hills
NY
11???
518-399-5213

West Hills Animal Hospital
Dr. Heidi Hoefer
800 West Jericho Tpke
Huntington
NY
11???
516-351-6116
[email protected]
http://home.att.net/~hhoefer

All Creatures Vet Clinic
Gelfand
733 West Park Ave
Long Beach
NY
11561
516-432-2946

St. Mark's Vet
Listing needs reverification
3148 East 9th St
Manhattan
NY
10002
212-477-2688

Massapequa Hosp for Animals
Paul LaPorta
4186 Sunrise Hwy
Massapequa
NY
11758
516-798-8700

Massapequa Pet Vet
Dr. Ned Horowitz and Dr. Stephanie Ulrich
5404 Merrick Road
Massapequa
NY
11758
516-797-8387

East Bay Veterinary Hospital
Dr. Gary Selmonsky
2314 Merrick Rd., Suite 6
Merrick
NY
11566
516-623-6226

Monroe Animal Hospital
Lonnie Kasman, DVM
427 Rt. 17M
Monroe
NY
10950
914-782-8621
[email protected]

New Hyde Park Animal Hospital
David Kolins
615 Jericho Turnpike
New Hyde Park
NY
11040
516-352-7007

Pearl River animal Hosp
Loreen Zepf
19 S. Rt. 304
Pearl River
NY
10965
914-735-3213
[email protected]

Jefferson Animal Hospital
Jeff & Brian Rose, DVM
606 Patchogue Rd (Rte 112)
Port Jefferson Station
NY
11776
516-473-0415

[email protected]

Companion Animal Hospital
Listing needs reverification
2800 West Henrietta Rd
Rochester
NY
14623
716-424-2900

Union Street Bird Clinic
Dr Hartman
Union Ave.
Schenectady
NY
11???
518-370-3736

Smithtown Village Animal Hosp
Listing needs reverification
171 W. Main St
Smithtown
NY
11???
516-265-7170

Island Bird,Cat, & Dog Vet Group
Dr. Frank A. Scandaglia
943 Manor Road
Staten Island
NY
10314
718-370-9472
[email protected]

Animal Doctor's Clinic
Listing needs reverification
258 Warren St
Uniondale
NY
11553
516-264-6257

Central vet Assoc
Listing needs reverification
73 W. Merrick Rd
Valley Stream
NY
1????
718-525-5454

Sunrise Veterinary Group
521 Sunrise Hwy.
West Islip
NY
11795
631-661-5380

Nassau Animal Emergency Group, P.C.

740 Old Country Road
Westbury

NY
11590
516-333-6262

Bond Animal Hosp
Douglas G. Aspros, D.V.M.
Geoffrey I. McKenzie, D.V.M.
250 Central Ave
White Plains
NY
10606
914-949-8860
[email protected]
www.animalhealthchannel.com/bondanimalhospital





Totally Ferret is an excellent food. You also might want to try mixing your fuzzy's Totaly Ferret with another high quality ferret food. Ferrets tend to imprint upon sertain foods...if the food your feeding should become unavailable or the manufacturer changes it, your fuzzy may refuse to eat a new food. I'd start by mixing in a little bit of a new food, and then gradually increase a new food as she gets used to it. I feed my 5 a mix of Superior Choice(available only at theferretstore.com), Zupreem, Mazuri, and Premium Edge kitten(this kitten food exactly like the higher priced Path Valley ferret food down to the way ingredients are listed, but soo much cheaper). Other good foods are 8 in 1 Ultimate(NOT the Ultra), Marshall's, Maxximum Nutrition kitten(only use high quality kitten foods and Maxx kitten is made by Iams and only available at Walmart) Path Valley, Sheppard & Greene, Eukanuba kitten etc..

Basically when looking for a good food, it shoud be high in protein(28 to 38%) and high in fat(18 to 25%) and the first 3 to 5 ingredients should be meat based.

I can't think of anything else right now. If you have any questions, I'll try to answer as best I can. Please e-mail Dr. Williams. He should be able to help. Good Luck.