Message Number: SG2491 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: Ferrethealer@aol.com
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 21:36:11 EST
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Digest 4 Dec 2002 07:55:09 -0000 Issue 165
Message-ID: <b4.15ee19d7.2b20159b@aol.com>
In a message dated 12/04/02 2:55:44 AM Eastern Standard Time,
ferrethealth-digest-help@smartgroups.com writes:
> Now, just four months later Kodo is showing symptoms again (low activity
> level, some hind leg weakness) and his last blood glucose was 74. I
> suspect it's gotten quite a bit lower than that at times for him to be
> symptomatic. Our vet started him on .15ml of pediapred daily, but so
> far it's had no effect. I really didn't expect it to since pred didn't
> help him before. My understanding is that another surgery is not an
> option considering how much of his pancreas (about half) was taken
> before.
>
I have done second and even third surgeries on insulinomic ferrets with some
success. But personally, I consider 0.15 ml (assuming it's the standard
1mg/ml concentration) of pediapred to be a very low dose. My usual starting
dose is 0.3 ml, and I readily go up from there.
Dr. Ruth
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