From:
Russell Prater
Date: 2001-07-29 16:53:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [Ferret-Health-list] insulinoma
pamsferrets@a... wrote:
>
> Candice wrote: "Many of us with insulinomic ferrets buy or borrow a
> blood
> glucose machine."
> I would like to know how you get the blood out of the ferret? The
> blood
> glucose machine comes with a lanceing device but the ferrets fur gets
> in the
> way.
> Any thoughts would be great...Thanks :-)
The glocose meter that I have is the FreeStyle by TheraSense. It takes
so little blood that I can usually get it by doing a stick on the pad of
the hind foot. It only takes a drop the size of a pin head. In th4e
cases where that doesn,t work, I will clip a hind toenail just a tad too
short and get it that way.
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