From:
Alberta Ferret Society - President
Date: 2001-06-22 01:38:27 UTC
Subject: Pulmonary Disease
<ferts@telusplanet.net>
I didn't get a response to my first post so thought I'd try
posting again. Being new to the list I'm not sure what the
expected response time is so forgive me if I'm being a pest!
I'm hoping you can provide some clarification (translation)
and
possibly an opinion about the long term prognosis for a recent
diagnosis we received from our veterinarian.
Bailey is a very petite 1.4 yr old female ferret who was
surrendered
to our society along with 2 male cagemates of the same approx
age.
Bailey appeared to have some sort of respitory illness going
on as
her breathing sounded very congested. Antibiotics did not
clear it
up. She continued to be energetic, eating well, eliminating
well, no
wasting but the congestion did not go away. It neither got
better or
worse.
Our vet was puzzled and asked us to leave her for a few days
for
observation and to have x-rays taken. The following is the
message
he left on my answering machine. Please excuse the spelling.
"X-rays show a bula (?) indicative of some kind of
obstruction. I'm
wracking my brain wondering where such a young ferret would
get this
from. My best answer is that this is emphazema secondary to
possibly
some chronic obstruct pulmonary disease" He has prescribed
prednisone.
We have someone very interested in adopting Bailey (we made
the
decision to separate her from her cagemates as she did not
seem
particularly bonded to them and they have since been adopted)
but
we're unsure of what to tell the prospective adopters about
her
health or future complications that may arise.
Any help you could give would be much appreciated.
Barbara Gustafson
Alberta Ferret Society
President
http://www.albertaferretsociety.com