From:
sukieferret
Date: 2002-01-26 23:53:00 UTC
Subject: Re: bria anne
I don't have time to edit it now, but you can find a number of vet
write-ups on an assortment of medical conditions as well as
other health-related info in these pages below and those can
help your vet. I think that your vet could use a veterinary text on
ferrets. From your description I think that Dr. Karen Purcell's
_Essentials of Ferrets, a Guide for Practioners_ would likely be
good fit. Your vet can get it from an assortment of places
including AAHA Press 1-800-252-2242.
Important note: it appears that anything that is associated in the
lists with the names "Acme" and "Howard or Anne Davis" now
link directly into a very overt porn site but a few of the website
owners have not changed those entries. As Linda Iroff explained
this sometimes happens when folks let their registration for a
name lapse; porno sites grab them up.
http://listserv.cuny.edu/archives/ferret-search.html (archives of
the FML; see top of list for other info also readily available)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ferret-Health-list (discussion w
ferrets folks, incl. knowledgeable vets, also health files and
archives, questions addressed)
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc (many health articles by vets and
others)
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html (ferret pathology and health
care site by vet who is world expert on several things including
ECE, feeding sick ferret)
http://www.ferret.net/medical/ (helps find and links to many
sources of ferret medical information)
http://www.trifl.org/medical.html (another clear site w links to
many sources of ferret medical information)
http://members.atlantic.net/~weah/ferrets.html (info and
over-view by vet specialist)
http://home.att.net/~hhoefer/ (another site by a ferret-specialist
vet)
http://www.lbah.com/Ferrets (site by vets)
http://www.ferretcentral.org (incredibly inclusive site with
translations available in multiple languages, addresses health
as well as behavior, basics, natural history, and more, also has
many, many links to anything ferret)
http://www.geocities.com/wolfysluv/adv-straight.html (Aleutian
Disease Virus site)
http://www.napcc.aspca.org/ (poison control for animals)
http://www.avma.org (American Veterinary Medical Assoc. incl.
The Compendium of Animal Rabies Control at
http://www.avma.org/pubhlth/rabcont.asp which should be given
to all emergency rooms in human-hospitals)
http://advancedhelp.org (easily accessed links for more health
info)
http://www.geocities.com/wolfysluv/ (deafness)
http://www.ferret.org/index.htm (American Ferret Association)
http://www.avecon.com/AveconADV.htm (ADV testing -- this page
has a name change so the old one has links you can follow)
http://www.hiproanimalhealth.com/catalog/usa/index.htm
(Compendium of Veterinary products)
http://www.graylab.ac.uk/omd/ (on-line medical dictionary)
http://www.peteducation.com/drugs_supplements.htm (vet info,
but they are not ferret specialists, and there are more up-to-date
and accurate sources -- it has had a change but like the one
above it has links at this address)
http://www.marvistavet.com/html/compounding_pharmacies.htm
l (list of some compounding pharmacies)
http://www.bradleyhills.com/ and http://www.ferretdoctor.com (vet
page with very detailed adrenal and insulinoma info)
http://www.petinsurance.com/ (insurance)
http://www.doggon.com (travel chairs and mobility aids)
http://www.ferretnews.org/clinic.html (vets providing multiple
pieces of health information, and telling about California-specific
concerns)
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ferreter (National Ferret Welfare
Society in the UK, including vet articles on things not found often
elsewhere like castration, or abscesses)
http://www.ferretsanonymous.com/medical.html (medical info,
including from vets, and including some topics not seen in many
places like first aid kits, or dental hygiene, or holiday hazards)
http://members.tripod.com/~Ferret_Luv/foodchart.html (food
comparison chart)
http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/distance/cardio/ (info from vet on
heartworms in several animals, including ferrets. Be sure to see
the miamiferret site above for more specific heartworm info as
well.)
http://www.geocities.com/russiansmom (ADV info)
http://www.vetheart.com/ (heart info from vets)
http://www.trifl.org/cedar.html (epidemiological cedar and pine
info)
http://www.ferrethealth.info (a new way to reach an extensive
grouping of articles by vets and others, and a recommended vet
list)
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/legislat/awa.htm (animal welfare
act)
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ac/publications.html (fed. regulations
and more)
http://www.tufts.edu/vet/cfa/hoarding.html, AND
http://www.tufts.edu/vet/cfa/MunicipaLawyer.pdf AND
http://www.legis.state.il.us/publicacts/pubact92/acts/92-0454.ht
ml AND
http://www.mhsource.com/pt/p000425.html (hoarding and how it
hurts animals)
http://www.weareanimalhospital.com/healthinfo.htm (multiple
ferret health articles, with plans to also add more, and add some
to http://exoticandbirdclinic.com/ in the future)
(Always seeking more comparable good ones...)
I agree that a vet who is willing to learn can become very good.