From:
Mike Janke
Date: 2001-10-26 16:42:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Update on insulinoma surgery
I can't speak for the pancreatic surgery specifics, as I've never
been through that, but for major surgery in general, I wouldn't
expect him to be bounding about the day after.
While I've heard some people say their ferrets were eating normally
within a few hours of surgery and acting fairly normal, I have never
seen that in mine, even ones that were relatively young (2 yrs) at
the time. Major surgery is pretty rough and they seem perfectly
happy to remain confined in a small ICU cage for the first week.
They look and feel like hell the first few days and I can't say that
I blame them. I have also had to hand feed them for at least a couple
days following major surgery. I do think you need to make sure he
eats something. Some bruising around the incision is not that
unusual. I think it's from the clamps used to hold the incision open.
mike
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., Steve Austin <kazpat1@j...> wrote:
> He is not up to par, seems very sore, with bruising all
> around the suture area, and is not eating. I am hand
> feeding some chicken gravy, but he clenches his mouth
> shut, he is drinking and did pee o.k., I checked his
> blood sugar this am and it was 228, so I guess the
> surgery worked so far,
> How long does the glucose stay elevated? How long
> will it take him to feel better? Should I force him to eat?
> and How often should I check his sugar, hate to annoy him
> if it won't make much difference either way- since I know
> at least for now it isn't too low.
>
> Patty