From:
Caitlyn Martin
Date: 2004-03-12 04:39:42 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] adrenal surgery necessities
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <20040312043942.28235.qmail@web21412.mail.yahoo.com>
Hi,
> the vet wants to do more bloodwork
Bloodwork before surgery is pretty well necessary to
help insure there aren't other medical conditions that
would make the surgery unduly risky. The idea is to
make sure your ferret really is a good surgical
candidate.
> and a lot of other things that are going to cost me
> a lot of money right before the surgery.
What are the other things? Bloodwork and a thorough
examination should be pretty much it. In an older
ferret there might be concers about a heart condition
or something else requiring additional testing, but in
a healthy, strong three year old our vet does
bloodwork, an exam, and if everything looks good goes
ahead with surgery.
> The quote his office gave me
> (everything included) was over $800.00.
That could be high if it was a left adrenal and you
lived here in North Carolina. If you lived in New
York City that might be a bargain. It really does
vary from place to place. Our vet is around $450 for
a left, $600 for a right, and when he did bilaterals
it could be as high as your quote. He no longer does
both at the same time, so a bilateral can end up in
two surgeries six weeks apart exceeding $1,000.
FWIW, Pertwee cost me about $8,000 in his lifetime in
medical bills. Adric, OTOH, is almost six and has yet
to have anything significant go wrong. On average I
have read that a typical ferret will have one major
health crisis in their life and that the average
medical bill for that crisis will be $1,000. I find
that number too low from my experience. Ferrets are
expensive pets.
All the best,
Caity and the super seven
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