Low blood sugar causes seizures, if it gets low enough. Having experience with ferrets, I unfortunately know too much about that. Hopefully that's what it is, and not a seizure disorder such as epilepsy.
Although, it's still very concerning. You'd think that eating once every hour would keep his blood sugar steady. I'd definitely want to see what the vet says.
Now, with ferrets who have trouble with low blood sugar, giving them honey or Nutrical is not recommended except to bring them out of a hypoglycemic episode. Giving sugar regularly makes the blood sugar spike, then crash. Keeping a high-protein food available at all times, plus offering soft food often, is the normal way of dealing with it, because this keeps their glucose levels steadier.
What was the breeder doing for him? I doubt she was giving him honey all the time or feeding him every hour.....maybe, but it seems unlikely. Ask the breeder for her schedule, then try to follow the same routine. It might be the extra stress from going to a new home that's making him worse.
I hope you can get this figured out! Poor little guy
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Although, it's still very concerning. You'd think that eating once every hour would keep his blood sugar steady. I'd definitely want to see what the vet says.
Now, with ferrets who have trouble with low blood sugar, giving them honey or Nutrical is not recommended except to bring them out of a hypoglycemic episode. Giving sugar regularly makes the blood sugar spike, then crash. Keeping a high-protein food available at all times, plus offering soft food often, is the normal way of dealing with it, because this keeps their glucose levels steadier.
What was the breeder doing for him? I doubt she was giving him honey all the time or feeding him every hour.....maybe, but it seems unlikely. Ask the breeder for her schedule, then try to follow the same routine. It might be the extra stress from going to a new home that's making him worse.
I hope you can get this figured out! Poor little guy