From:
miamiferret
Date: 2002-03-06 19:07:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Delurking with insulinoma question
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "somkca" <somk@z...> wrote:
> My 5 yo Douk was diagnosed with insulinoma. While being thru
surgery for an intersusception
Interesting. I didn't know that happens to ferrets.
> Now the rude question.. The time he lives now is imho and in his
opinion too
> apparently :), quality time. He's happy, playful again and eats...
> Well... For how long ? How long till we have to upgrade the
medication ? How
> long till surgery is the last solution ?
At 0.1mg of pred, you have lots of room for an increase. I don't
think anyone can tell you how long you have before he needs a
different course of action or an increase in medication, but it's
recommended that surgery be done in the beginning, rather than later
in the course of the disease.
Some ferrets go downhill pretty quickly, while others don't. My
Beasley had insulinoma for 3.5 years and was only treated with
medication and diet and his pred dose was never near the maximum.
mike