From:
Ferret Wise Shelter
Date: 2001-11-24 18:41:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [Ferret-Health-list] Urgent: heavy breathing/ wheezing&
(pred ??)
Christina-
With regard to your post on coughing / wheezing-- Is this fluid in the
lungs???-- is there a distinct rattle in the ferrets chest? If so please
seek a vet exam-- cardiomyopathy can sometimes cause fluid to back up in
the lungs. if left untreated the ferret will succomb to pneumonia in just 3
days time. ..
alicia
www.ferretwise.org
At 06:28 PM 11/24/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi
>
>Bandit's breathing has been heavy wheezy like for the last month or so,
>vet did not pick up anything wrong with heart. He did a echocardiogram??
>not to long ago.
>Bandit had his blood glucose tested and the result was 74 without having
>administered the pred today. I stopped the pred temporarily because I
>believe he was getting ulcers from it and his BG is borderline, so I don't
>know if it's absolutely necessary, should I continue with it if the
>reading continues to remain in the 70's??
>
>Bandit had two wheezing fits today, and I immediately gave him the
>laxatone for hairballs it seemed to help temporarily. His breathing is
>loud and wheezing sounding lately, I'm not sure what's going on?? It
>almost seems like he's hacking but with a wheezier sound, what? Could his
>weight be affecting his breathing- he weighed in a 3lbs 14ounces today, I
>also wonder how much of that is spleen cause his tummy is very hard in one
>area...He had an ultrasound not to long ago and the vet said the spleen
>was slightly enlarged but very common in ferrets.
>
>Help if I'm missing something here, if any of the vets could comment as well.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Christina
>
>I also put some drops of VetRex?? on the sides of his nostrils to see if
>it helps.