Message Number: SG12156 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: s.m.owens@rogers.com
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 01:49:10 +0000 (GMT)
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Subject: RE: 2.7 creatinine level - Help please!
Message-ID: <2491966.1104889750098.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Was an antibiotic ever prescribed? If so, which one, what was the dose and for how long?
Please keep in mind that even though there's no blood in the stool, it doesn't necessarily mean the ulcer is gone (if she has/had one). I'll assume the teeth grinding has stopped as well. Most of us that have had to work with ferts that had an ulcer, find them particularly difficult to treat because of the treatment itself. Pepto, carafate, flagyl or biaxin - ferrets hate them all!
As for the creatinine, I'm at a loss. The current treatment is having an impact on the level (dropping .3, .2 & .2), but it's still quite high. You might want to try and get a copy of the latest set of results from your vet and post them. Maybe one of the vets here can shed some light.
Author wrote:
> I don't have her report with me. I will have to call the vet for them. She goes over the
> results with me but I didn't get a copy. She has had 3 panels over the past month.
> The first panel showed low phosporus and high BUN (can't recall exactly) and
> creatinine (about 3.2). The second panel showed normal phosphorus, BUN down to
> just above normal, and a creatinine at 2.9. This last time BUN was about the same
> and the creatinine was 2.7. I am doing doing another panel in about 3 weeks. The
> vet didn't want to stress her too much since she has to be sedated for the blood
> draws.
> As a side note, she eats very well. An ulcer was suspected a couple weeks ago
> because she had teeth grinding and black (blood) stools but that cleared up
> completely before I even picked up the prescription. No ulcers were seen her mouth
> either.
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