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So it started on Wednesday with my Ferret Sobek straining to have a bowl movement. After doing this for about an hour and a half, and now starting to whine when trying. I did some research and seen some information on ferrets straining to urinate, in doing my research I learnt that if your ferret has this problem it can be fatal and is very painful. So after freaking myself out I phoned Atlas animal hospital (Yes I still fully support them) The vet said that yes the guy who used to see rabbits and ferrets is in. Thank god. So at 8:00pm my friend comes to get me. They take x-rays after explaining that it maybe stones in the bladder. Oh great x-rays confirm that there is a bladder blockage and his bladder is about 3 times the regular size. So off he sends us to my favorite place Animal Emergency (last time we were there it was soooooo costly) there they confirm that yes there is stones and many of them. We need to do something immediately or he will continue to get worse. Ok so I settled on the less costly not so much better option to just temporary remove the blockage. Who won't after seeing the $2,000 - $3,000 price tag of the other option?
So we get all the necessary things done, and at 1:30am we are back home.
Next day I had to make an appointment with His family doctor. Oh great he's not in today. Now what. We are referred to a vet in port moody. So off we go to port moody. He had surgery yesterday and is now finally home. We are doing close monitoring and hopefully this are going to go good and the healing will be great.
So I wanted to share his x-rays since this is the first time I got to keep one.(Only because at atlas they could not get the burner working and they had to e-mail them to me) Ok so on his leg you can see the big white spot that is the wire from when he broke his leg last year. The line you see on both sides of his leg bones is his urethra. On the part behind his leg you see small marks going all up the urethra, These are the stones. Millions of them. You can also see the round thing in the back in front of his legs is his bladder. It is majorly enlarged.
Hope you enjoyed the extent of my x-ray readings.
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So we get all the necessary things done, and at 1:30am we are back home.
Next day I had to make an appointment with His family doctor. Oh great he's not in today. Now what. We are referred to a vet in port moody. So off we go to port moody. He had surgery yesterday and is now finally home. We are doing close monitoring and hopefully this are going to go good and the healing will be great.
So I wanted to share his x-rays since this is the first time I got to keep one.(Only because at atlas they could not get the burner working and they had to e-mail them to me) Ok so on his leg you can see the big white spot that is the wire from when he broke his leg last year. The line you see on both sides of his leg bones is his urethra. On the part behind his leg you see small marks going all up the urethra, These are the stones. Millions of them. You can also see the round thing in the back in front of his legs is his bladder. It is majorly enlarged.
Hope you enjoyed the extent of my x-ray readings.
