From:
Pam Sessoms
Date: 2003-03-04 16:20:36 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] can't urinate - urgent advice please
To: motorcityferrets@hotmail.com
cc: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <Pine.A41.4.44+UNC.0303041104550.57386-100000@login7.isis.unc.edu>
On Tue, 4 Mar 2003 motorcityferrets@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> i'm unclear about the use of lupron at this point. if he's completely
> blocked, can anything really help him? i mean, i know the bladder can
> be emptied manually, which might give the lupron time to turn off the
> hormones and let the swelling go down, but aren't the kidneys going to
> fail if the urine is simply backing up?
I'm not sure how long Lupron takes to kick in for this problem.
Propecia/Proscar seems to be the current favorite (in combination with
Lupron) for prostatic problems; that might be worth a try, although again
I'm not sure of the time frame. Here are a couple of posts by Dr. Jerry
Murray from the archives:
http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=YG5151
http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=YG3295
I can't answer about the kidneys, I'm afraid...
Stray thought: I wonder if a catheter into the bladder could be secured
in place for a long enough time to allow the drugs to kick in? It would
be messy, as urine would just dribble out and the ferret wouldn't have
control over it. It seems like I've seen or read about that, but I can't
place the memory. Maybe someone else knows, or maybe I'm misremembering.
> my vet had occasion to try a urethra re-route a few months ago...
Yes, the p/u surgery to reroute the boy ferret to pee out the back end can
work. I used to ferret sit a wonderful fuzzy who had had that surgery.
Good luck with this guy,
-Pam S.