From:
Ferret Wise Shelter
Date: 2002-04-03 13:02:00 UTC
Subject: ADV Testing at Ferret Wise
Ferret Wise closed doors to all operations last Thursday- surgery
kids were put on hold ( one is in bad shape but now can have surgery
tomorrow-- while the other will have surgery this afternoon!
What happened to us is this:
After the Manchester, NH group ( police seizure 1/23) were admitted
1/24 - testing via oral - POCT were negative. a few weeks later we
had the occassion to place an older gal -- suspect insulinoma in a
hospice home in NY. AT her vet check 3.5 weeks later the POCT was
again administered using the 2 drops of blood per revised testing of
Avecon. She proved positive. This understandably created pandemonium
in the shelter and in another hospice home where more of the
Manchester ferrets were in residence. So Ferret Wise quietly closed
all intake operations- We did a full blood testing via CIEP on
Monday- the Manchester hospice group was also tested at Fisherville
Animal Hosp., on Monday-- we await their results and are now hopeful
they too are negative..
This morning we got the United results
WE ARE NEGATIVE at Ferret Wise!
All tests submitted on Monday from Ferret Wise Shelter (main) via
United CIEP are negative--
we await results form the Manchester group via the vets office --
We will be testing both groups again in 90 days to make sure there
was no exposure from the Manchester seizure ferrets -- but so far we
are looking good. Provided these test remain stable adoptions can
resume in 90 days. Ferret Wise has been testing intakes since NO 99
in the hopes of reducing risks to ferrets and families who adopt.
Though a very major financial burden on top of regular vaccinations,
rehabilitative care and surgeries - we have felt there was no sense
treating the ferret if there were unknowns about the health which
could be effected by the treatment.
Thus we remain hopeful we can continue to administer for those
ferrets directed here from domestic violence cases, from abuse &
neglect seizures -- so that these ferrets may once again be able to
trust and live with humans. For those close who knew of our
stressful situation-- Thanks for keeping our kids in your thoughts &
prayers.
We now hope Dr Stevenson at U of Ga can make sense of the one ferret
from the group which tested pos 3.5 weeks after transfer to hospice
care. We hope this is another erroneous reading on the POCT and that
she will find the ferret is not ADV pos-- but we all are remaining
as calm as possible until the results are in.
We have more ebay auctions running to help us pay for the current
and necessary ongoing testing here at Ferret Wise. Due to
circumstances and distance hospice homes we need to work through 3
different vets-- therefore the bills tend to be a little more than
utilizing a single facility! Presently no intakes are allowed UNLESS
they are tested through or vet via United CIEP and prove negative .
We cannot take further risks posed by the POCT.
Today Lucky will be having surgery - tomorrow Curly and Phoenix will
shortly be having several sizeable hair-balls removed from his belly
too - Jerimiah will be posting about all the big belly balls found
in the Manchester ferrets shortly - please stay tuned!
Thanks all for your thoughts and prayers- we are hopeful we will
remain at business as usual- meanwhile Jerimiah and company has been
indulging in Foamy Fries and Cheerio's due to the overbearing guilt
his shelter Mom was feeling!
:)
Alicia for the many faces at Ferret Wise
www.ferretwise.org