From:
Steve Austin
Date: 2003-04-15 04:33:47 UTC
Subject: vomiting ferret with dangerously low blood sugar (like 29)
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <20030415.004937.2568.18.kazpat1@juno.com>
Insulinomas are tumors on the pancreas, so pancreatic cancer could be a
way
to refer to it.
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/PDF/insulinoma.pdf
Above is a link to a great source of information and explanation of
insulinoma.
How old is she? Was the blood done by drawing from a vein and serum sent
for the test, or just on one of those quick accucheck machines?
I would do a serum test, and even consider an insulin level if there is
any
doubt.
I would think at those levels she would be drowsy, sleeping more, staring
episodes, drooling episodes, seizure, or something.
Patty
On Tue, 15 Apr 2003 04:32:02 +0100 (GMT+01:00) jedball@hotmail.com
writes:
> Sparky and her playmate were being their usual playful, fun selves
> when all of a sudden, Sparky vomited. At first I thought it was just
> excitement but then she did it again. Took her right to the vet
> where he did a blood sugar test on her and her sugar was at
> something dangerously low like 29. But her vet was baffled because
> she was very energetic and didn't act like a sick ferret. We
> rechecked a blood sugar after 5 days and it was still very low, 30 I
> think.
>
> So even though she acts fine, he thinks she has some sort of
> pancreatic cancer.
>
> Why would the vet think that? It sounds insulinomic to me.
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