From:
cal_110
Date: 2001-12-06 16:37:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Petunia not eating
Is your vet comfortable with the idea of consulting with other vets?
If so, I have a remarkable vet that may be able to assist. Let me
know.
'Til then, my STRONG non-veterinary suggestion is to maintain your
feedings (both duck soup and fluids). Even if Petunia doesn't want
to eat. With a ferret's metabolism like it is, she will soon start
burning up stored energy in order to sustain her body. She could
also become severely dehydrated.
cal_110@y...
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "K C" <kc498@h...> wrote:
> Please Help,
> I have a 4 year old spayed female named Petunia that 10 days
ago
> decided not to eat her ferret food anymore. I am able to get her
to eat
> some duck soup ( 1 part ferret food and 2 parts water blended to a
mush) and
> Ferretvite. I took her to Vet a week ago, and the Dr. did blood
work and
> took x-rays. Everything in the blood looked normal, except her
pancreatic
> enzymes where low and on the x-rays there was a shadow in the area
of the
> pancreas and digestive tract. The Dr. could also feel some
abdominal
> swelling. With these findings the Vet said it look like
pancreatitis.
> There was a 24 hour fasting period and a coarse of Prednisone was
> prescribed. One week later (yesterday) she is still not eating and
her
> energy level is starting to decrease. So the Dr. did some more x-
rays and
> the shadows are still present. This time Petunia was given an
injection of
> Dexamethazone. If she does not improve in a week this time, the
only other
> option the Dr. says is to do exploratory surgery. As far as
Petunia's
> history, she has recovered from a serious bout of ECE three years
ago, and a
> year ago had a ruptured spleen. If anyone has any suggestions or
comments I
> would greatly appreciate it.
> Thank You,
> KC
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at
http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp