From:
sukiecrandall@telocity.com
Date: 2001-12-03 15:01:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Hind-end stiffness/loss of control
If it's unilateral, does she have anything like cardiomyopathy that might cause her to throw clots? Have seen this sort of damage remain even after such clots dissolved.
If not unilateral, and it's general leg weakness which justshows more in a certain position (having trouble imagining the description) then ferrets get rear end waekness with just about anything that strongly affects their health. It's one of those general symptoms like tiredness.
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "Jen & Andre" <jen.andre@i...> wrote:
> Newton has a withdrawal reflex when I pinch her hind toes, but no proprioceptive sensation to correct her toes when I stand her on the dorsal side of her foot. She's got this rigid/clumsy gait in her hind end and falls over a lot (she has front end control). It got me thinking as to what would cause this... With an upper motor neural problem you would see this in all four feet wouldn't you? So that would lead me to think that it's somewhere in the thoracic or lumbar vertebrae... with lymphoma could you see pressure on the spinal cord causing this sort of thing? you'd have to treat it with a cortocosteroid to reduce the pressure I believe and if she's on .8 ml of pred twice a day could the dose go higher?
>
> Just wondering...
> Jen