Message Number: YG13845 | New FHL Archives Search
From: miamiferret
Date: 2002-06-14 23:18:00 UTC
Subject: Re: New Member, Insulinoma.

--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., Batine DeWinter <vazdru@b...> wrote:
> You mention that the Nutri-cal would be a big no-no? My husband
actually
> called me from the vet's office to see if we had some, or they were
going
> to send him home with a tube of it for her.
> I am hoping someone can set me straight here.


There's at least one well-known and highly respected ferret vet that
recommends nutrical for ferrets with insulinoma. On the advice of
this vet, I gave Beasley, who lived with insulinoma for 3.5 years,
nutrical with each meal. Don't know if it helped any, but it never
caused any of the adverse side effects usually associated with a
sugar spike. And he did live quite a long time with insulinoma.

mike