Ferret is limping,the vet is closed now what?

Okay my 7 month lod ferret is limping and I dont know why,the vet is closed and I dont want it to hurt him what can I do outside of giving ice he hated that.I dont think that it is broken he put weight on the other hind leg and used it to scatch his ear with but he wont walk on it.
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Sometimes with ferrets it is very hard to tell how much pain they are in. Don't worry too much about it tonight, just make sure you call your vet first thing tomorrow morning. Just keep an eye on him, espically when he's in his cage for the first 15 to 30 min to make sure that he won't injure himself further overnight.

I had something similar happen, where one of my ferrets had a broken hind leg. I had gone away overnight and didn't get back until late the next day, and my friend who had been watching my ferrets said that there was something wrong with Zibby. I wasn't able to get to a vet that night, and I had to bring her to the emergency hospital the next day (which was a sunday). It's not something that you can wrap, or put ice on since that might hurt it more. The x-ray showed that she did have a broken leg, but she never seemed to notice enough to stop doing her usual ferrety things. The only thing that the vet could do for her was give her a pain medication called Metacam, which she certainly did not mind taking. The bone healed in an over-lapped position since there was no way to set it and put a cast on it. She never seemed to have any pain or trouble at all, and she still runs around just as well as my other babies.

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We have 6 ferrets and none of them have ever limped but I wouldn't worry about him/her. It could have been a sprain or something. If he/she has stopped by morning I wouldn't worry but if not I would call a vet.

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start prayin...

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Sometimes there are 24-hour emergency vet services for a county or region.

I wouldn't worry about it. I don't see a limp as being a symptom of a lifethreatening issue. Maybe you could have him/her spend more time in a cage or area where their mobility would be reduced to keep them from moving around on it until somebody can look at it.

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I'd just leave him alone. That way he can rest that leg. Then take him to the vet as soon as you can tomorrow.

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Emergency vet.

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Ferrets are PROs at hiding their illnesses.

If your ferret is limping, then you should either A) find a 24-hour Emergency Clinic or B) keep him as still as possible (put him in a smaller cage and put his food and water within easy reach) until morning when you can bring him in to the vet. The vet will probably want to do a few x-rays and they're really not super expensive.

You can't put a price on piece of mind. If he's fine then hooray! But if he's broken something, or worse, has internal injuries (I'm assuming he fell from somewhere high) you will know soon enough to do something about it.

Like I said - ferrets are great at hiding illness. It won't hurt anything to bring him to the vet.

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Hi there i am a ferret owner aswell he is very cheeky and tends to get under my feet alot i have trod on him a few time he makes that ekkk ekkk noise and somtimes runs off limping he takes a little time to run away and hide then comes out fine maybe he has had something fall on him or just hurt himself playing !!