From:
Stephanie
Date: 2001-06-22 15:36:00 UTC
Subject: [Ferret-Health-list] ? for vets
Hi All,
I have a question that kind of pertains to this. I, too, have
an insulinomic ferret and I only feed him water, a modified
duck soup every few hours and have kibble always available.
His cage mate recently had her blood drawn and also showed a
low BG so we are afraid she might also have insulinoma. He is
getting chubby, but she needs to gain a bit of weight and I
had thought about giving her Ensure or Boost or something like
that in the soup (some recipes call for that), but I found out
they have sugar and so are out of the question. In this post
it mentions giving Pedialite to the Insulinomic fert; is
Pedialite sugar free? Would that help her to gain weight?
Could I put it in the soup?
Also, I've seen a lot of posts referring to Lasix. Is this for
the Insulinoma or the viral infection/chest congestion?
Thanks for everyone's help,
Stephanie
with Maggie, Bullwinkle, Shasta, Emeline and Icabod
-----Original Message-----
From: Penelapee@earthlink.net
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Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 7:43 AM
To: Ferret-Health-list@yahoogroups.com
Hi
I have a approx 7 year old, 1 kg, MF male ferret I acquired
8 months
ago. He is vaccinated with Galaxy-D, HW negative and on
prevention,
eats totally ferrt, and is AD negative. He has insulinoma
and doing
fine on pred 1mg PO BID. Recently I had a bad case of
influenza and
before I knew it my ferret was ill. He started sneezing. A
few days
later he started having clear to brown nasal discharge and I
put him
on Benadryl 1mg PO TID and Amoxi drops. A few days later he
became
dyspnic and I took him to the vet to rule out any heart
problems. (no
fever, crusting of paws, rash on chin, etc) The veterinarian
thought
he acted like he had emphasema. He took a couple
radiographs and
said he looks much better than he sounds, but he has an
enlarged
heart and some fluid in his lungs. So he drew some blood
and ran a
CBC and Chem panel. The BG was very low at 17 mg/dl, glob
were
slightly increased, TP was 8.5g/dl but the rest of his chem
panel
including electrolytes was normal. His WBC count was
10,000mm3, PCV
was 43%, and lymphs were 1%. The vet gave him a lasix
injection and
sent me home with oral lasix. He said continue the amoxi
drops and
give 50 ml of fluids SQ SID. He is eating a/d well and
drinking
pedialtye. He will not eat totally ferret right now. It has
been 3
days since his vet appointment and I have not seen much of a
change.
He sounds very congested in the nasal area. I think his
nose is all
congested. The vet said we could add enacard too, but we
have to be
very careful.
So my question is am I doing all I can? Is there anything I
can give
to clear up his head? He is still really sneezing and I can
hear him
wheeze even while sleeping. I am willing to do anything I
can to
make him comfortable, but I do not want to put him through
much if it
is better to put him to rest. What is the max dose I can
give of
lasix and prednisone?
Thank you for all your help and suggestions
Sue
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