I was just hoping that someone might be able to help me out. My ferret Willow has recently started dragging her hind legs. The first day my wife and I saw it we took her to the vet. We had x-rays and blood work done All they could tell us, after $338 worth of treatment is that she doesn't have any spinal damage or broken bones and it's not Valley Fever. Which based on my research on the internet seems pretty rare, considering all the other possibilities for causes of hind limb weakness. I looked through the symptoms of all the common diseases/problems that might cause this, but the only symptom she really seems to have is the weakness in her hind legs. She even snuck out last night and dragged herself around the house when she got bored. The odd part is that, for a while, she seemed to be recovering. A day or so after we took her to the vet, she was walking around, slowly at first, but then it seemed like she was going to recover. Then last night, about a week and a half since this first started, she began dragging again. We have 4 other ferrets and none of them are experiencing anything like this. She's lost a bit of weight, but I haven't noticed her shying away from food, and especially not her FerretVite. We've taken to giving her water through a syringe, just to be sure she's hydrated. She was prescribed 2 daily doses of 0.4cc amoxicillin for 1 week, and we stopped giving her that 2 or 3 days ago. I was just curios if there was anything anyone could offer as to what might be ailing her and what we could do remedy it. Any help would definately be appreciated.
Thanks,
Ed & Jamie Esposito
(EdEsposito@cox.net)
