From:
"Sue Liszewski"
Date: 2004-08-28 04:12:55 UTC
Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] straining to urinate
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <BAY15-F254q8oCDybyg0003f921@hotmail.com>
You can use an empty litter box or something that does not absorb, like No
Sorb from your vet or fish take gravel if it is well cleaned and sharp
pieces removed. Then just suck up aome urine. They can run a full panel
easily enough even with only 1ml of urine. Hope this helps but I think you
are right and it is adrenal and this should be taken care of sooner rather
then later. Treating before a complet obstruction due to prostate
enlargement is a better option if you want to prevent kidney issues too.
Also take an xray and see if the prostate is enlarged if it is you also have
your answer that this is adrenal without waiting for results. He needs
treatment sooner rather then later.
Dr. Sue
>From: sweetcathie@hotmail.com
>Reply-To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>Subject: [ferrethealth] straining to urinate
>Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 17:41:24 +0100 (BST)
>
>My little male ferret (5.5 years old) is being showing sometimes for the
>past couple of months some straining to urinate, he does not cries or
>complains, but instead of peeing "fluenty", the pee comes out in pulses,
>each time we contracts his belly to push the pee out. This has been
>happening very gradually and so far I am sure that he has had his bladder
>completely empty each time, but anyway this is an alert to me to keep a
>close look on him to see if things get worse. He shows no classic signs of
>adrenal with the only exception of an adrenal panel taken one and a half
>year ago where estradiol was just a bit over the range. Being back in
>Mexico has made me things difficult to repeat the test, but I finally going
>to have his hormones measured and I will wait to see if there are more
>"high" numbers in the result to see what to do next about the possibility
>of adrenal tumors.
>But I also suppose that I can´t run out other options like crystals or
>stones. Being this less probable than the first option (adrenals) I don´t
>feel confortable with the idea of doing a cystocentesis to get a urine
>sample. I would like to know if you know any tip or advice on how to get
>some urine for analysis by just collecting it in his litter pan, how many
>mililiters would be necessary for a basic anaylisis? Is analysing urine the
>only way to rule out crystals or stones?
>Thank you very much,
>A worried mom,
>Caterina.
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