Message Number: SG2478 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: "Karen Purcell, DVM"
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 01:02:02 +0000
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] quick clotting questions
Message-Id: <200212040600.BAA16626@TheWorld.com>
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> Glueball (approaching 5 years in age) who has never had any health
> problems at all other than reacting strongly to multiple CDV vaccines
> went in, too, because she has a large spleen which has now produced a
> nodule and we wanted to do her blood work, pre-surgically. Didn't
> x-ray her chest last night because of two emergency dogs who needed
> that equipment - both in really bad situations. Anyway, Glueball's
> blood turns out the clot almost immediately. Two vials of blood had
> to be tossed because they clotted too fast for the compound in the
> vials to work, but they got enough blood for testing. Neither of the
> vets there had ever encountered blood that clots so fast, so I am
> curious if anyone else has seen this and if so if you found that
> there are any special types of monitoring or precautions we need to
> take into account for her throughout her life because of it.
Well, I doubt it. I find that most ferrets clot too fast. I
usually draw the blood for the CBC separately, and heparinize the
needle to minimize the problem. Seems to be a ferret thing (though
the doctor complains about the same tendency in me!)
-Dr. Karen
drkaren@theworld.com
Everett, MA
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