From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2003-08-01 00:48:19 UTC
Subject: RE: wasting ferret, need help asap
To: Maripossa24@aol.com, ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-id: <a06001a0dbb4f685ec639@[10.0.1.49]>
With the combination of wasting and now retaining fluids has
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (the more rare type which is hard to spot
without ultrasound) been considered? I don't know why ferrets with
that tend to waste until they get heart meds but when I mentioned one
of our's doing that years ago I learned of several others who had
wasting as their first symptom. Ascites or edema can also be heart
disease symptoms. Our little girl actually had peripheral edema with
it.
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