You find your ferret dead this morning and he has a blood full of blood so why did he die?

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Oh, I am so sorry, I know it's painful.

Ferret are susceptible to a lot of illness and disease, and when they get sick, without immediate veterinarian care, can die in a few days. The only way to truly know what happened, it to have an necropsy (autopsy) done by the vet, and this has to be done real soon after death. Possible causes: - Blood can also be lost through the intestinal tract or respiratory tract due to infection, ulcers, cancer, and trauma or poisoning via vomiting, diarrhea or coughing. Consider internal blood loss an emergency If the ferret is suffering from a disease that prevents the blood from clotting such as liver disease, or poisoning, then bleeding can occur from any orifice of the body or small tear in the skin

Vomiting/Diarrhea - Ferrets have a very short digestive tract and digest food in about 3 to 4 hours from the stomach to the large intestine. Ferrets do have the ability to vomit, but don't tend to do so like dogs and cats, if they eat something that disagrees with them. Seek veterinary attention if the ferret is vomiting or passing diarrhea multiple times over two to three hours, passes blood in the vomit or stool or is exhibiting sudden or increasing weakness along with the vomiting or diarrhea. Blood in vomit can appear either bright red or look like coffee grounds. • Causes - Vomiting and diarrhea in the ferret are problems related directly to the intestinal tract such as infections, obstructions, cancer, eosinophilic gastroenteritis, sudden changes in the diet or toxins (plants, insecticides, rodenticides, household cleaners, and overdose of medications). Other causes include kidney or liver disease and any systemic disease that causes metabolic changes. (source: http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=A&A=669&S=5&SourceID=43) I'm sorry, I cannot tell you what your ferret died from. I had a ferret named "Bobo" that died four days before his fourth birthday, when i found his he was curled up like he was sleeping, and nothing else looked wrong. He just died, and I'll never know what happened.