From:
ferrethealer@aol.com
Date: 2001-09-18 16:28:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Pred and Ulcers
In a message dated 09/18/01 8:07:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
Ferret-Health-list@yahoogroups.com writes:
The vet who saw Amelia through all this mentioned to me that
ferrets, unlike
dogs and cats, are fairly resistant to developing ulcers in
reaction to
pred, and she felt that Amelia's ulcer was not directly related to
the pred.
Do you other vets out there agree about pred not causing ulcers
in ferrets
in general? I thought it was "common knowledge" that pred
stimulated
ulcers.
I tend to agree that ferrets are pretty resistant to pred's side
effects in general. It may have contributed to some degree, but I
suspect there were other, more direct causes for the ulcer. I have
seen (and owned) ferrets on pretty high doses of pred without ulcers
developing.
Dr. Ruth
*****************************************
Save lives - spay or neuter your pet.