From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2003-05-04 21:28:11 UTC
Subject: Re: ID Microchips (and more)
To: sunni_321@yahoo.com, ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-id: <a05210606badb33ee8ff6@[10.0.1.4]>
Personally, none of that worries me.
To get a ferret groggy or not for chipping is whether to do an
adrenal surgery with or without cryosurgery -- it's a personal call
based on the variety of experiences vets have had. We haven't had to
have a ferret ever have anesthesia for blood tests but we do know
that now and there just is one who is so hyper that even a excellent
vet has to do this.
The gender mistake thing is not as unusual as you may think.
Normally, it is among novices, but not always. One of our adoptees
is a male who had been rescued, given vet care and surgery due to an
extreme tick infestation and gangrene before going to a reputable
shelter before we got him. We found he was a male after he got here.
He had been named Lisa or Tina or something else very feminine at the
shelter.
One of our females, Seven, who has since passed away, looked like a
male; she was also an adult rescue with a thick coat who simply did
not like anyone turning her over or examining her abdomen. We
assumed she was a male for a while, but then a vet tried an
alternative viewpoint by suddenly lifting her tail while she was
standing before she could react. She was a she.
The things eaten that I noticed in your note aren't among those that
most commonly cause un-passable blockages.