From:
ansy
Date: 2001-08-09 14:40:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [Ferret-Health-list] insulinoma and vomiting
I prefer to use injectible Dexamethasone. I've found a quick subq injection
to be a lot less stressful on both of us.<g>
----- Original Message -----
From: "kathie weber" <kathiewglb@y...>
To: <Ferret-Health-list@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 11:42 AM
> Hi Lori, Predisone is very bitter tasting (I take it
> for my asthma) and I mix Barneys with ferratone. So
> far he's been ok so I guess its ok to mix it. The
> second dossage I mix with his chicken soup, I found
> that if I smash it first it's easier to go dow. Does
> anyone else have any other ideas? If I'm doing
> something wrong please correct me. Kathie along with
> Barney, Mandy and Buster (we think out fuzzys are
> human)
> --- Lori Crawford <ferret@g...> wrote:
> > Hello all, I'm new to the ferret health list and I
> > have a question about
> > insulinoma and vomiting. My 6-year-old ferret had a
> > large insulinoma
> > removed from his pancreas in May-- they got about
> > 80% of it, so some of
> > the tumor is still there. After that he was put on
> > 1.8 ml of prednisone
> > twice a day. Since then he's been doing quite
> > well-- very high energy
> > at first, which has gradually been decreasing, but
> > no hypoglycemic
> > episodes.
> >
> > For the past couple of days, I've noticed that he
> > seems to want to throw
> > up after I give him the prednisone (which he's
> > always hated the taste
> > of.) He never actually threw it up, though, until
> > tonight. At the same
> > time he also threw up his last meal, and then had a
> > hypoglycemic
> > episode. I brought him out of it with a little Karo
> > syrup and then fed
> > him some of his regular food to prevent another
> > sugar crash, and right
> > now he seems OK.
> >
> > My question is, what should I do about the
> > prednisone? If it starts
> > making him throw up which then sets off an episode,
> > it seems
> > counterproductive to give it to him. On the other
> > hand, I don't know if
> > it's a good idea to discontinue it, either. Any
> > ideas?
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > Lori and Unagi Inu
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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