From:
"Sue Liszewski"
Date: 2004-12-15 15:41:53 UTC
Subject: New Pet Poison Hotline
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <BAY15-F12D1F1525087D47AB0E07ADCAD0@phx.gbl>
HAS ADRENAL BEEN RULED OUT? Since these anemias etc can be hormonal and
could be an estrogen toxicity. Just a thought.
Dr. Sue
>From: fuzztek@aol.com
>Reply-To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>Subject: [ferrethealth] Auto-immune ques.
>Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 05:42:25 +0000 (GMT)
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>I run a rescue & had a ferret turned over to me because owner couldn't
>handle the illness.Pepe - MF M 1yr old.is a Waardenburg
>ferret (deaf).Eating MF food & given 1 tea. Ferretone daily.
> Oct brought to vet due to excessive scratching, tiny red dots on skin &
>lethargic. No fleas or flea dirt visable but was given Ovitrol to spray on
>him & put on Benadryl. Used 2 x's in 1 wk. Owner also used Flea mouse.
> History before was, walked in NY woods. Walked in treated grass by
>house,owner washed carpet with Cheer and uses scented sprays and bathed
>Pepe with dry shampoo. Reason,selling condo and had to get ferret smell out
>of room. Pepe was put in garage.
> Vet sent to larger hospital for transfusion ( PCV was 7).Bldwk done,
>ultrasound done, bone marrow aspirate done. Diagnoses was auto-immune due
>to low Retic count.
> Kept at hospital for 4 days. Given bld, PCV up to 33.
>Meds:Pred,benadryl and Cipro. Taken home to new house & acting fine, then
>came in contact with furnuture from old condo. Crashed again. That is when
>I got him.
> Nov:Very pale PCV 7, given 10cc whole bld.Is on Epogen & Pred.
>2 wks later PCV was 45. 10 days later bldwk done:
> 12/14/04 : WBC-6.3 RBC-3.34 HGB-64 HCT-18.7
> AST-29 Alb-3.2 Glob-2.8 Lymp-55 Mono-11 Baso-2
> Abso Neu-1953 Abso Lymp-3465 Abso Eos-63 Abso Baso-126
> Retic Count - 0.2 Abso Retic - 6680 All other values WNL.
>Eating TF & Iams Kitten w/a/d. Drinking normal, stool normal, urine is
>normal. Wt. is 2.6, skin & coat Normal but still scratches alot. Not
>shedding
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>My ques. is, could this be due to all the chemicals he inhaled? Is this
>true Auto-immune? Does this have anything to do with Waardenbug Syndrom?
>Need suggestions, he is only 1 yr.
>
>Yvonne
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From: - Z - <badriya@rcn.com>
Message-Id: <20935297.1103125715350.JavaMail.nobody@vanadium.smartgroups.com>
Angell Memorial Animal Medical Center (Jamaica Plain, Boston,
Massachusetts, USA) has just announced the creation of a new
Pet Poison Hotline, just in time for the holidays. The number is:
1-877-2ANGELL (1-877-226-4355)
According to the press release, the team staffing the phone
lines consists of more than 25 veterinarians - six
board-certified animal toxicologists, 20 veterinarians and
other professionals specially trained to manage poisonings in
animals. They are on standby 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
There is a $50 charge, but considering the level of
professional care you are getting and the fact that the $50
fee apparently covers follow-up consultation with your own
vet, that seems pretty reasonable and comparable to the other
hotlines out there, if I remember correctly.
Here's a link to Angell's press release:
http://www.mspca.org/site/pp.asp?c=gtIUK4OSG&b=264356
and to an article about the hotline (and pet safety around the
holidays in general, no ferret mentions though) in the Dec.
15 Boston Globe (may be available for a limited time only):
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/12/15/unlikely_pet_enemies/
This is a great resource and I'm very happy to know about it!
Regina
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