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Date: 2003-04-15 16:34:38 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] vomiting ferret with dangerously low blood sugar (like 29)
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <8188110.1050429781167.JavaMail.nobody@magnesium>
>From: jedball@hotmail.com
>>
>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.
>
When my ferret Amelia was diagnosed with insulinoma (which is a type
of
cancer occuring in the pancreas), her blood glucose was shockingly low
for
her level of activity--her glucose was in the low 30s, but she was still
pretty active. According to my vet, some ferrets just seem to be less
affected by low blood glucose, or the condition has crept up gradually
enough that they've somehow been able to compensate. Vomiting can
be a sign
of nausea, which could be another indicator of insulinoma.
Also, a ferret will often perk up at the vet's office just because it's a
new place with loads of sensory input, so the activity level seen at the
vet's can be a little misleading. How you're seeing her at home would
be
the best indicator of her true activity levels.
Regina
Regina Harrison regina_z@hotmail.com or regina@channel1.com
http://www.channel1.com/users/regina/
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