From:
TANSY
Date: 2001-05-13 18:43:00 UTC
Subject: [Ferret-Health-list] Is there a treatment for
disease?
Okay....here I go again, but my Internist, MD has me take
Milk Thistle to protect my liver because I am on IV
antibiotics. When I have screwed around and not taken them my
liver enzymes have become elevated. I don't know if this
translates to ferrets. But it is something you may want to
consider.
tansy
-----Original Message-----
From: Steph [mailto:rumtum99@sympatico.ca]
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 2:21 PM
To: Ferret-Health-list@yahoogroups.com
liver disease?
Liver's can be pretty forgiving and regenerate, but it
depends what is causing the problem and how far a long.
Human liver's are the same.
----- Original Message -----
From: Outlaw50@aol.com
To: Ferret-Health-list@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 12:02 AM
liver disease?
I've read that a ferret's liver has the ability to
"regenerate".
What medications could do that?
One of my ADV positive boys, that I believe has Aleutian
Disease, is
having very similar symptoms as my Cara Mia did. We put
her to sleep
during exploratory surgery as liver failure was indicated.
Sadly,
she has in such poor shape by then that I could not put
her through
force feedings, etc. She was not eating and vomited the
last meal
she ate.
My boy became very lethargic. I took him to the vet at
10:00 p.m. on
Tuesday evening as he also had hind leg weakness. He has
vomited a
few times in the last few months. His fasting glucose was
83 and
fluid was found in his chest. He's been on Lasix and
Amoxi since
then. His energy is better but he acts like his gravy
tastes "bad".
He ate fairly well (after walking away a few times) this
a.m., but
then vomited it up. He's also sleeping separate from his
cage
mates...just like Cara Mia did.
Is there anything I can do to prevent him from becoming as
ill as
Cara Mia? Can liver problems be treated? His GGT was 12
on a recent
blood test.
Thank you in advance.
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