From:
Ferrethealer@aol.com
Date: 2002-09-03 00:55:31 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Digest 2 Sep 2002 23:25:13 -0000 Issue 71
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <12c.16e86f08.2aa56283@aol.com>
In a message dated 09/02/02 7:25:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
ferrethealth-digest-help@smartgroups.com writes:
> So, my (our)question is, do you really even need to wean them off of the
> pediapred before surgery, and if so, how do you go about doing it without
> the ferret crashing. My vet asked me to see what I could find out...
Personally, I never do, because the risk of an insulinomic crisis is higher
than the risk of delayed healing from the pred. If he does insulinoma
surgery at the same time as the adrenal surgery, then you may not need pred
afterwards, but I would be very, very careful of taking him off beforehand.
Having only been on it for ten days, the risks of staying on it up to the
time of surgery are pretty minimal, IMO, anyway. Have you checked his blood
sugar since starting the pred?
Dr. Ruth
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