From:
"Saskia Visser"
Date: 2003-11-21 12:35:53 UTC
Subject: Fwd: Re: ferret and fhl
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com, rdivincenzo@iopener.net
Message-ID: <17192413.1069434111920.JavaMail.nobody@chromium.smartgroups.com>
I believe this is enough permission for it to be allowed to be posted to
the FHL. Hopefully you will get responses that will help. Your vet took
X-rays, perhaps he could also do a EKG to test heart function, it sounds
like he may need a diuretic, is she on any other meds besides pred?
>From: Risa Di Vincenzo <rdivincenzo@iopener.net>
>To: saszoo@hotmail.com
>Subject: Re: ferret and fhl
>Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 21:41:48 -0500
>
>Hello. I really appreciate you posting that to the fhl. I tried going on
>that list but I had trouble with Yahoo groups, I kept getting bounced out
>while trying to register (I don't have a full computer system).
>Mikette's belly has been growing so much it is frightening. The belly is
>kind of liquid, but tight, almost like a full puffed out water balloon. The
>rest of her is so small and bony, I am very worried. Here's her history,
>(perhaps you could post it if you think it will get more responses).
>Here is Mikette's history
>2/99 Born (-:
>4/02 right adrenalectomy (not biopsied but noted as cancerous)
>8/02 Blood glucose of 70, borderline insulinomic, but on high protein duck
>soup
>BG checked every two months, slowly rose to 96 as of 7/03
>4/03 enlarged spleen diagnosed
>7/03 large tumor mass diagnosed, scheduled for surgery
>7/03 pre-op x-rays discovered enlarged heart and extended tumor, surgery
>canceled
>7/03 put on pred 2X day [0.6 ml of 15mg/5ml] changed to pediapred [1.8 ml
>of 5mg/5ml]
>8/03 exam leading to possible fluid rather than tumor
>9/03 ultrasound revealed no tumor, and heart not enlarged but fat around it
>9/03 Complete Blood Count
>9/03 Lymph Node cytology > found to be fat
>10/03 slowly lowered pedia Pred to 1ml [5mg/5ml]
>10/03 given 10 day antibiotic to rule out infection [sulfameth-trimeth
>susp]
>10/03 Ferret Blood Chemistry > normal except for fat in blood, diagnosed
>lipemia
>10/03 Thyroid test > normal
>10/03 Adrenal panel > normal except for high estrodial
>11/03 removed from duck soup
>11/03 slowly lowering pedia Pred, currently at .6ml twice a day [5mg/5ml]
>During all this Mikette has been getting an increasingly large abdomen
>(while still bony up top and along her spine) and lethargic. She is
>getting more active already since lowering the pred, but no changes in her
>belly yet. Her back claws kind of splay out and cross over each other
>sometimes, possibly from the weight. Her belly hangs so low and she can no
>longer climb up anthing, when caged (only during work day) she stays on the
>bottom level.
>Any advice, thoughts, ideas or possiblities would be greatly
>appreciated!!!!
>Dooks
>Risa
>
>
>
>Saskia Visser wrote:
> >
> >Hope you get some answers. Is the belly when you tap it
> > liquid like (bad description) or more solid. Sometimes when ferrets
>have
> > cardiomyopathy they retain water like that and need to be put on an
>diuretic
> > like lasix (furosemide), but I am not familiar with lipemia so
>hopefully
> > some on the ferrethealth list will reply and explain it to
>us.
> >
> >
> > Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 22:34:07 -0500
> > From: Risa Di Vincenzo <rdivincenzo@IOPENER.NET>
> > Subject: Pred question
> >
> > Hello. I was hoping that people with fuzzies on pred can let me know
> > their experiences with it. My 4 1/2 year old ferret was put on pred at
> > the beginning of August. She was put on .6 ml of the regular pred
>(15mg
> > per 5ml) , but wouldn't take it so we put her on 1.8 ml of the
>pediapred
> > (5mg per 5ml). The dosage has since been lowered because she doesn't
> > have a tumor as thought, although the condition she has is still a bit
> > of a mystery. She has tested as having fat in her blood, lipemia.
> > She has ballooned out and has a skinny top and bony backbone but HUGE
> > waterballoon-like belly. Just wondering if others have had this
> > experience with pred. Any thoughts would be appreciated!
> >
> > Risa
> > PS IF anyone has any knowledge about Lipemia please also let me know!!