From:
"Shirley Hewett"
Date: 2003-09-14 11:36:03 UTC
Subject: Ferret from Brazil
To: <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>
Message-ID: <005501c37ab4$62ff3420$3357ddcb@smhewett>
Dearh Shirley
yes.
Thank you very much.
At 03:49 PM 9/14/03 +0800, you wrote:
Dear Kirsten,
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The symptoms of your ferret are beyond my knowledge.
Can I have your permission to post it to the Ferret Health List?
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Best Wishes,
Shirley.
----- Original Message ----- =
From: kirsten agnete correa de mello =
To: SMHewett@bigpond.com =
Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 1:13 PM
Subject: my ferret
Please give an advise in the follwing case:
My ferret, 3 1/2 year old, male, started 2 weeks ago not to eat and dri=
nk,
and lost his livelyness, and mostly sleeps. We forced him to eat with =
porridge (furovite & Marshall special food) in syringe.
He vomited 3 times, something white stuff came out,
but it has stopped now.
An ultrasound showed an irregular, enlarged pancreas, echogenic parenct=
yma and
heterogeneous echotexture. Suggestion Pancreatopatio (Pancreatite)?
The vet is treating him with serum, anti-inflamatory and antibiotic sin=
ce 5 days,
and he is getting
a little bit better and eats and drinks a little by himself but still n=
ot enough. It
is obvious that he is still sick.
He has some tremors when we take him up, but is still very alive and cu=
rious
and runs around, but not very often.
He is never kept in a cage and is alway running
around in the house and is taken out for 30 minutes long walks in the g=
arden,
and has exclusively lived on Marshall food and furovite vitamines.
Please, let me know if he is treated in the right way as the vets in Br=
azil are
not specialized in treatment of ferrets. And what is your suggestion of=
his illness.
I thank you very much for your collaboration and look forward to your s=
oon comments.
Regards,
Kirsten Correa de Mello
Teres=F3polis-RJ, Brazil =