From:
ferrethealer@aol.com
Date: 2002-05-30 11:42:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Digest Number 747
In a message dated 05/30/02 12:10:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Ferret-Health-list@yahoogroups.com writes:
Here's my thoughts. We made the mistake during the last month of
using raisins to administer the Pred., and the vet had us fast
Lucky
for over 10 hours prior to surgery. I want to believe the
combination
of the two was the reason for the low BG. If not, and his level IS
actually that low, how do we get the level up high enough to get
him
through the surgery? Is that level actually a concern for surgery?
I never fast a ferret for more than four hours and usually before
surgery it's two to three hours. The only time that would be
different would be a ferret that had an abnormally long food passage
time. Try it again with a shorter fast, and I suspect the level
will be much closer to a surgically possible level.
Dr. Ruth
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