Message Number: YG12774 | New FHL Archives Search
From: Dan Kinney
Date: 2002-04-26 14:31:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Wacky BG, what could this be?

> His BG was tested immediatly and came back at 85. He
> had just eaten, so five hours later they took another test and the BG
> was 96. Today, he went to the vet for an insulin/glucose test and
> had his spleen tapped. They took a (fasting) blood sample and it
> turned out that the BG was 340

This may not be much help, but I had a guy who had diabetes - extremely rare
in ferrets. We tried insulin on him, but it wasn't a terrific success.

BG's are tricky, and can be wildly inaccurate - depending on a million
factors.

Good luck.

-Dan