Message Number: YG4396 | New FHL Archives Search
From: Star
Date: 2001-06-08 09:27:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [Ferret-Health-list] Re: Help for Eris?

--- Norm <norm6668@y...> wrote:
> Star,
> My little albino boy of a similar age to yours
> recently exhibited the
> exact same symptoms you mention. And like you, I
> didn't think it was
> insulinoma because the symptoms didn't match up.
> Well, it was in
> fact insulinoma. Now he's doing very well on a
> .20mg dose of pedia-
> pred twice daily and careful feeding. It's strange
> how the classic
> symptoms of a disease may not match up with
> individual cases, but I
> guess that's what makes us all (and our ferrets)
> individuals.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Norm

Thanks for the response. I will definitely have her
blood sugar checked.

I have also noticed weight loss over the past few
days.

We'll see what the vet says.

Thanks,
Star

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Kitties: Happy, Cooper, Tibet, TS, Green Bean & Jessamyn
Ferrets: Boo, Eris, Texas, Dakini, Icarus, Dodger, Snagglepuss & Strawberry

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