I spoke to the vet a few days ago and she thought that perhaps the large belly was due to the swelling of organs ... not a good sign.
I have been cutting back on the flusapex very slightly, ie giving her .3mls in the morning, then giving her the You Gui Wan formula a couple of hours later.
They all get their smoothy around 11am, (happily Kaos still has a decent amount of that so obviously she's not feeling full because of the swollen stomach!) then she gets her Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang around 2-3pm and her Western medicine (including .5mls of diuretics) in the evening.
The vet did say that it'd be okay to increase her dose of flusapex because she hasn't been getting a high dose all these months so I might just look at putting it back to .5mls twice a day to see if it reduces her stomach.
As you can see, Kaos has no problems with her appetite, thank goodness :-)
Poor little girl - I was just watching her trying to get into the chest of drawers a few minutes ago and her belly was certainly hampering her. In fact, I had to give her a hand by lifting her back legs so that she could slip into the drawer easily.
Obviously there are no cures for her disease but I would be so happy to keep her going for as long as I can as long as she's not in pain or suffering, and so far (touch wood) she doesn't appear to be.
I have fingers crossed that she won't suddenly go downhill during the Christmas break, when my vet's surgery is closed. I think this is a (sick) ferret owner's worst nightmare!
