From:
Steve Austin
Date: 2003-07-06 15:14:52 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Check BG or wait?
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <20030706.111533.2672.3.kazpat1@juno.com>
What is her age? I would think even in an insulinomic ferret you can
safely fast for 3- 4hours to check a blood sugar.
Plus she may just be exhausted from pigging out, it is still possible she
didn't get fed well in her old home. See how she is acting today and
I see no harm in doing a home glucose check if you are not sure.
I can tell you my ferrets are very cautious where they flat ferret ever
since I got one of those home machines :)
Patty
On Sun, 6 Jul 2003 09:35:16 EDT Imfifth@aol.com writes:
> I've recently taken in a rescue who by all accounts was in a
> reasonable home.
> It was a teenagers pet and when the teenager lost interest Mom took
> over but
> admittedly was not ferret knowledgable. The ferret arived clean and
> with a
> bag of good quality food, looking like a reasonably healthy ferret.
> When I filled her food bowl she gorged and has rarely been away from
> the food
> bowl in 24 hours. I'm dying to check her blood sugar as when I took
> her out
> for play time she fell asleep in the middle of the floor after about
> 10
> minutes but I'm wondering if it's ok to fast her for several hours.
> I've taken in
> plenty of sick and starving ferrets but I've NEVER seen a ferret at
> their food
> bowl like this. Should I wait and see if the eating slows down?
>
> Dawn
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