From:
sukiecrandall@telocity.com
Date: 2001-10-21 07:28:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Strange symptoms
Agreed! If he is unable to urinate you need to get him in to the vet
NOW and have the excess urine removed before it exceeds
bladder capacity. We were just in that same spot about a month
or two ago ourselves when a ferret who had showed no
symptoms before suddenly could not pass urine. We had to egt
an emergency appointment and in his case he had to have
surgery on an emergency basis the following day. Not passing
urine cna be dangerous and can't be waited on.
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "Mike Janke" <mjanke@m...> wrote:
> Definitely have your vet check his blood glucose when you take
him
> in. It sounds a bit like hypoglycemia, though perhaps not. In
the
> meantime, make sure he's eating well and not missing any
meals. It's
> also possible that his prostate is enlarged due to the adrenal
> disease and he's trying to go but can't. Have you seen him pee
> successfully? If he can't urinate, it can be real serious and if
> this is the case, you need to get him into a vet right away.
>
> Mike
>
> --- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., sunnyfieldz@y... wrote:
> > I posted last week about my ferret being diagnosed as
having a
> > possible adrenal tumor. I contacted a recommended vet out
of
> > Birmingham and I am going to take him in tomorrow.
However, today
> > he is having odd symptoms. Yoda keeps going to the bottom
of his
> > cage...and his lower end spasms..like he is trying to go to the
> > bathrooom. he looks glassy eyed while this happens. there
is no
> > wetness after he leaves. However, sometimes this spasm/
spell
> > happens when he isn't at the bottom of his cage.