From:
Diane Phillipa
Date: 2001-12-11 23:58:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [Ferret-Health-list] Re: partial paralysis
Hi Sukie ferret,
Yes this was rear leg weakness, more on one side than
the other. No blood tests were done, and teh only
other sympton was an acute soreness around one of he
veterbra. So it appeared at the time that he had some
kind of injury. It has not re-occured and he is in
good health. I will keep in mind your comments if this
re-occurs again.
Regards Diane P
--- sukieferret <sukiecrandall@t...> wrote:
> Is this a rear leg weakness? That actually is not
> an uncommon
> side effect of a range of common medical problems.
> One
> common example is insulinoma. Were blood tests
> done? Was
> blood glucose run? Any other tests done? Were
> there any other
> symptoms? Some steroids will control blood sugar
> problems or
> some other things beyond inflammation, so if the
> symptoms
> reoccur a while after stopping steroids that might
> be a
> consideration. If they reoccur I'd sure do testing.
> An acute
> infection can sometimes cause a general symptom like
> rear leg
> weakness, so hopefully it was just that or a minor
> injury.
>
>
>
> -- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., Diane Phillipa
> <ussolaris@y...>
> wrote:
> > A few weeks ago one of our boys "billy" became
> > partially paralysed, he was still eating drinking
> and
> > pooping etc but had difficulty walking. He was
> seen by
> > our local vet who recommended antibiotics,
> steroids
> > and rest. He came right within two days. None of
> my
>
>
>
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