From:
Christal Pollock
Date: 2001-07-26 13:00:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [Ferret-Health-list] Dislocated elbow
Although there are many other wonderful surgeons at UF, Dr. Avery Bennett is no longer there. He's been at a private practice in San Francisco for about a year.
Christal Pollock, DVM
>>> AFERRETVET@c... 07/25/01 10:37PM >>>
Hi Lynn,
I had a ferret with a dislocated elbow last spring.
Basically the first thing to try is to sedate her with Iso
and put the elbow back in place. Then put her arm in a SAM
splint for roughly 1 week. Elbow surgery is the next step if
splinting it does not work. (In my case the splint did work.)
I do not know if you are close to the U of Florida in Gainesville,
but the vet school there has a great surgeon (Dr Avery Bennett).
Plus a lot of orthopedic specialists there.
Hope that helps,
Jerry Murray, DVM