From:
mjanke@miamiferret.org
Date: 2003-04-09 13:23:50 UTC
Subject: RE: insulinoma questions
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <2236587.1049894630302.JavaMail.root@scandium>
I think she needs to be retested. You could probably test her two times in a row and not get the same reading. I would be very hesitant to fast a ferret suspected of being hypoglycemic. In my experience, if a ferret with insulinoma has eaten an hour or two before a test, the blood glucose will still test low.
Is she stressed out by a visit to the vet? I read somewhere that the stress of a vet visit can actually make the blood glucose go up, but it seems to me it has the opposite effect so I'm not sure what to believe in that regard.
mike
Author wrote:
> thanks for responding. the blood count was not a fast. she ate probably
> 2 to 3 hours before the test. What do you think?