From:
amy.seyler@verizon.net
Date: 2004-06-19 21:59:15 UTC
Subject: RE: Update on obese ferret - help!
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <4936592.1087682355441.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
>Listening to a heart will NOT catch many cases of heart disease. X-rays will spot some but still miss ones which still look subtle and will miss hypertrophic cardiomyopathy a great number of times. There are things for which an ultrasound is the only useful way to go.
>Meanwhile, has there been a CBC with Chem Panel?
We did have complete bloodwork done with a chem panel, as we also took this as an opportunity to establish benchmarks for the future. Everything there came back completely normal.
I will definitely mention the cardio issue -- I thought of that right away, but since he had just had a check up a few months previous and was healthy wasn't sure it was that. I'm still not sure but my vet and I decided to contact our various resources and put our heads together afterwards, so I will include this.