From:
motorcityferrets@hotmail.com
Date: 2003-07-28 17:06:34 UTC
Subject: RE: Bruising
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <603650.1059411994155.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Author wrote:
> Hello -
> I have some questions about bruising after a blood draw. Gas wasn't used
> and the sample was taken from the jugular vein. I heard four, separate and
> extended screams but didn't know they were coming from a ferret, mine, until
> later. The doctor said she didn't wiggle, squirm, or attempt to bite, that
> she just started screaming when she was scruffed, even when the syringe of
> Ferretone I brought from home was offered. Later that day her neck, chest,
> underarms, and farther down and across her stomach started bruising. It
> looked absolutely horrible - very dark red to dark purple to dark blue to
> black. The areas were quite swollen and where the needle had been inserted
> looked very irritated. She continued to bruise and it continued to spread
> until Friday (7-18).
our vet routinely draws blood from the jugular vein...how should i describe...front of chest, i guess you would call it the shoulder region? :) *always in my presence, of course!*. to date i've never seen even the slightest bruise in the area blood was drawn. we don't even shave the critter, just immobilize with a super scruff or, if critter gets wiggly, with the towel "burrito" method combined with the super scruff/holding of the body.