From:
"Sue Liszewski"
Date: 2004-11-11 17:53:04 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] RE: CRF & loss of appetite
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <BAY15-F89KAy4MoSn03000118d0@hotmail.com>
If you notice improvement with carafate then yes adding one of the others
would help. Also like I said the subQ are needed despite what his intake
is, so the answer is yes, you could start lower if you want or give every
other day but definitely give SubQ fluids at least 25cc.
Dr. Sue
>From: "Ulrike" <ferretlove_uk@yahoo.co.uk>
>Reply-To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>To: <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>
>Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] RE: CRF & loss of appetite
>Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:13:26 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)
>
>Fox drinks about 80 ml every day. Does he still need 50 ml of sub-q? This
>morning he had 20 ml water, followed by 20 ml liquid diet. He will get
>some
>more liquid diet now.
>
>We were at the vets this morning and he had blood taken and it'll be sent
>away today. The vet has also given me sucralfate (carafate?). Would it be
>good to also give something like cimetidine or omeprazole?
>
>Ulrike
>
>West Wales Ferret Welfare
>E-mail: ulrike@ferretlove.co.uk
>http://www.ferretlove.co.uk
>Last update 23/10/04
>
>-------Original Message-------
>
>
>In the beginning, when Spaz was first diagnosed with kidney failure, I was
>giving him 50 ml of ringers every couple days. It wasn't too long before
>we
>increased that to daily. You should talk to your vet about the amount to
>give.
>
>As for the anemia...if you haven't had the bloodwork done that will tell
>you
> you might not know by looking at him. Spaz's packed cell volume got as
>low
>as 15%, which is horribly low, and his gums, nose, etc., didn't look all
>that pale. We started him on Procrit and his PCV was soon back up to
>almost
>40%.
>
>mike
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