From:
miamiferret
Date: 2002-05-29 18:03:00 UTC
Subject: megaesophagus
While very uncommon, megaesophagus may not be as rare in ferrets as
one would think. I don't keep any records, but I'd say I've talked
to at least six people in the last year whose ferrets were diagnosed
with megaesophagus. These weren't guesses or a layman's opinion, but
vet diagnosed. Your right in that it may be out there more than we
know, but it just isn't published.
mike
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "jenniferlutton" <jenlutton@c...>
wrote:
> When I encountered it, my vet and I
> found only one literature reference about its occurrence in
ferrets,
> (but not every vet writes papers.) If this unlikely scenario were
the
> case, the prognosis would be grim, and immediate vet care would be
> required.