From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2001-09-28 10:20:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Quick Question on Spleen Removal
At 10:33 PM +0000 9/28/01, Ferret-Health-list@yahoogroups.com wrote:
>Message: 25
> Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 20:52:45 -0000
> From: "Vickie McKimmey" <>
>Subject:
>
>One of the local vets I use is doing a spleen removal on an older
>ferret Monday morning. Not one of my ferrets, I am donating one of
>my guys as a blood donor just in case the need arises.
>
>What is the injection that can be done to the spleen to make it
>shrink up so there is not as much blood loss? If someone could let
>me know, so I can let the vet know, I'd appreciate it.
>
>I am also going to suggest he join this group.
>
>Vickie
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A vet who was the best surgical vet we've ever had used to pat and
massage them to return as much blood to the body beforehand as a
standard procedure when one needed to come out. He told me that
years ago when I had told him how we'd help a little one (who was not
a surgical candidate) deal with her enlarged spleen and the
difficulty it was causing with passing stool. We would give her
abdominal massage and it did help; he then told me that
patting/massaging a spleen in standard procedure for removal and that
he felt the massage we were doing was having a similar effect.