From:
snobound@aol.com
Date: 2003-01-10 19:00:34 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Home Glucose test result - 28!
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <6095205.1042225234783.JavaMail.root@scandium>
I've seen "real" readings in the 20's a couple of times with profoundly hypoglycemic ferrets - it can happen - their numbers didn't get better after feeding. One was many years ago with a long-term insulinomic guy named Bullet - he could walk a few steps with numbers that low, but was VERY wobbly and tired.
***Melissa had been wobbly for a while taking a few steps and stopping. That's why I brought her to the vet in Oct.
My Sonic had such readings the day before I had her put to sleep; she could drag herself around but that was about it (she had mostly lost use of her hind end by that poing).
***You mean she didn't have any bodily functions, (like she couldn't control her bladder)?
The day I actually let her go, all I could get was "LOW" which means below 20. This was after totally maxxing out pred and diazoxide and after surgery years before -
***This scares me - last night after I fed her I tried to use the glucose machine and I got a "LOW!" But she was walking a bit (wobbly but she was up - not looking comatose) Are you suggesting I should be thinking of putting her to sleep? I still have more options even with the low glucose right? Raising her pred, trying the Proglycem. She doesn't look uncomfortable - I mean she has a huge appetite. If she couldn't walk AND she had very low glucose maybe, but I'll keep feeding her as long as she wants it (and even after). She'll even bite on the syringe if she is not getting enough food out.
Thank you ~ Lisa & Melissa