From:
sukiec@optonline.com
Date: 2003-03-10 16:31:30 UTC
Subject: Massachusetts Adrenal Surgery warning!!!!!!
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <4548874.1047340873117.JavaMail.root@scandium>
Why not go to the archives and read up on neck sticks. The vet will possibly (our's usually does) shave the neck, then apply some alcohol, then will find the vein and stick that.
You can help. Bring a treat that the ferret can lick while holding up his head like Ferretone in a small bottle with a drip-tip, or a tube of Nutrical. Hold that up high so that the ferret lifts his head to point his nose to the ceiling. One trick is to have one person holding the front legs over the edge of the table and scruffing the ferret, another holding treat and keeping the rear in place, and the vet getting the blood. During this process our's virtually always mind the alcohol swab the most.
If you look in the Archives you will find a lot on this. Go to the website homepage at
http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/ferrethealth
then select the bold print saying "Complete Archives" and go there and search.
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ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
From: arobbin@schange.com
Message-ID: <OFA34FF54F.0665AE6D-ON85256CE5.005A3907@schange.com>
I was away with a group of friends this weekend and there were a few
people that I didn't know. I was speaking with a young woman who was a
fellow animal lover and the subject of ferrets came up. She began telling
me about her ex-boyfriends ferrets and the problems they had. She began
telling me about the adrenal surgeries she had done on them. I said "oh,
you're a vet?" She replied "No, I'm a technician. But the vet did check
my work to make sure I removed the entire gland.".
I know that we all need to learn through practice, but I will make damn
sure that from now own that I know that it is a vet operating on my
babies! This causes me a little concern about who is actually doing
surgeries. I'm not trying to offend anyone out there who may be in this
tech's position, however if this is a common practice I think that the pet
owners should know in advance and be given the option of authorizing the
tech to work on your pet or not.