From:
Diana Ashton
Date: 2001-05-03 08:32:00 UTC
Subject: Ringo's insulinoma
I posted yesterday but I think that the post got lost so here
goes again.
I have an 8 year old male that was released to me about a year
ago. About 4 months ago he developed an insulinoma or at least
began exhibiting noticable symptons. He is not a good surgical
candidate so we have him on Pred. He is up to 1ml twice a day.
He still sleeps alot. He developed diarrhea about 2 weeks ago,
so bad that he cannot make it from his sleeping box to the
litter box only 12 inches away. I stated him on childrens
kaopectate and he is getting 1ml 3-4 times a day. It is having
little to no effect. Every now and then there is a semi formed
stool but not often. Is there something else that I can try to
help him alleviate this? For those with ideas, please let me
know quickly as I have to leave town on Friday morning early
and will be gone most of the wekend. My significant other will
have animal duty, so all should go well.
Thanks,
Diana and The Ferret Farm