ferret poop

[Omarburgs 0]

Having a problem with my two year old Hob, Pip.

 

His poop was greeny yellow this morning, looked soft.... I fed him chicken heart last night and chicken liver in the morning.

 

Came back this evening to check him, and his poo was now black and he looked like he was struggling to get it out! straining!

 

It looks black and sticky.

 

This only started in the morning and he non of the ferrets look ill, neither does he really.

 

He is a big ferret, always has been, not fat just BIG. Not sure if that has anything to do with it. But he is a big eater too, always pushing the others away to get to the food first.

 

Just worried at the moment, not sure what to do.

[Rake aboot 4,936]

TBH

 

I`ve seen all sorts of ferret shit,, they eat the same but they have allsorts,, green, soft balck hard,, Unless the ferret seems stressed or in discomfort, I`d let them get on with it,, Just keep an eye on them

 

ATB

Rake

[rob190364 2,594]

what do you feed them normally? you need to get a reasonable balance between meat, organs and bones (raw) rather than just giving organs without the meat.

[Omarburgs 0]

what do you feed them normally? you need to get a reasonable balance between meat, organs and bones (raw) rather than just giving organs without the meat.

 

Well usually its just the kibble, if i can get my hands on any fresh meat, they do get it. Usually some cat food will be mixed in with the Kibble ( they enjoy that)

 

somtimes i will chuck in an egg with the shell....

 

From all this they have never shown signs on being ill, or strange poop.

 

 

I could be that the liver was abit old, But it had been in the freezer for afew weeks so it was not 'Out' getting off. Would that cause problems??

 

or could it just be that the liver and heart just didn't go down well??

 

Does this sound out of the ordinary? somthing bad?

[Ron Weasley 83]

You'll find that ferrets fed on a raw diet will have a much darker coloured stool than those fed on cat food/dry food.

 

Dark is good, I get concerned it if gets lighter. As Rakey said, if he doesn't seem to be in any discomfort, let him get on with it and keep an eye on the situation.