From:
Ferrethealer@aol.com
Date: 2003-03-15 03:34:25 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Digest 14 Mar 2003 14:39:01 -0000 Issue 255
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <f6.29dfd7e2.2ba3f941@aol.com>
In a message dated 03/14/03 6:02:59 PM Eastern Standard Time,
ferrethealth-digest-help@smartgroups.com writes:
> hello everyone. I have a sabre named Marco that has been very sick lately.
> We just got a diagnosis last night and he has cancer in his lungs. He has
> had fluid in them for the last week and it was first last night when the
> vet extracted the fluids and had it tested. We were told that there is
> nothing that we can do for Marco. He has already lost weight and has to be
> fed with a syringe. He takes water on his own and since he began eating
> and drinking he is doing a bit better. However, if this cancer in his
> lungs cannot be treated, I am not sure if I should take him in and have put
> down. I don't want him in pain, but if there is some hope I don't want to
> put him down. If anyone has any suggestions, I would greatly appreciate
> it.
Treatment will be dependent on what type of cancer it is. If we're talking
lymphoma, and this is a juvenile ferret (you didn't mention his age), the
likelihood of treating with any hope of success is pretty much nil. If he is
an older ferret, and it is lymphoma, you can at least improve his quality of
life for a time with steroids, and possibly other chemotherapy drugs. If
it's a different type of cancer, then different options may or may not be
available.
Dr. Ruth
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Find it. Fix it. And fly again.