From:
sukiecrandall@telocity.com
Date: 2001-11-05 18:35:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Conjestive Heart Failure
It used to be that ferret texts gave maximum amounts for Lasix,
btu that has changed. I cna tell you that we have given much,
much more than that amount with fine results. With Lasix it
seems to be more a matter of whatever the body will bear. We
had one (of three who have taken it) who had problems with the
med, but otherwise the only difficulties have been beign sure to
have enough water handy due to increased thirst, and warming
food or mixing in something extra stinky when warmed like
Nutrical or A/d if the dryness caused by Lasix reduces the sense
of smell too much. Lasix can reduce sense of smell and that will
reduce eating, but it's a problem that is usually easily enough
gotten around by just making the food stinkier.
You can find more info at http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc .
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., Guszak@a... wrote:
> Hello all
>
> I'm the lurker that would now like to ask for suggestions. I'm at
my wits end
> here. My Zak, age 5, was diagnosed with CHF the first of last
August. Since
> then, we've been using Enacard (ACE inhibitor) and lasix. Both
have been
> upped...the lasix 3 times. Last thursday we had another x-ray
done, and the
> fluid has not eased from around his heart. The lasix doesn't
seem to be doing
> it's thing. We're up to .25ml twice a day with an entire tablet of
Enacard
> once a day. Doc added 1 drop of Dogixin (sp?) on Thursday.
I've been weighing
> Zak every day and so far the weight hasn't changed. He has
stopped eating
> kibble and is now on soup every 4-6 hours. I'm also adding
part of a 30mg
> capsule of CoQ10 in his soup twice a day (1 cap a day
basically).
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. My vet says
.25ml of lasix is
> the tops I can give for fluid. I'm at my wits end here and want to
do the
> best I can for my baby...Zak is my first ferret and I'm not ready to
throw in
> the towel yet. He's not in pain tho' his breathing is hard
sometimes. His
> eyes are bright and he loves his soup still...
>
> Thanks for any thoughts or suggestions you can provide. I've
dealt with
> insulinoma and adrenal. This is a first for me with a heart
condition.
>
> Barb and the 7 whirling dervishes...Gus, Zak, Hope, Bren, Kate,
Tess and Cher
>
>
> Please give to Aleutian Disease research...the ferret you save
may be your
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