From:
Crazyferretmom@aol.com
Date: 2005-01-05 15:48:19 UTC
Subject: Yellow nose, dark urine, rapid decline
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <18346782.1104946613501.JavaMail.nobody@strontium.smartgroups.com>
I know I sound like a dummy, but where do I go to find the archives on the
spleenomegaly?
julie
[Moderator Note: The FHL archives can be found by going to the FHL main page at
http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/ferrethealth
and clicking on the bold print which mentions the Complete FHL Archives, or you
can go directly to
http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org
Try just using Spleen for the search and then making your first pass scrolling down
till you notice vets' posts to read. In a second scroll you can then broaden it.
Also check out the various links to be found in the Critical References in
http://www.ferretcongress.org to find places with other information.
I doubt that you are the only one who needed this information.]
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com,
ferret-list@cunyvm.cuny.edu
From: arobbin@schange.com
Message-ID: <OF22FF8456.10337D51-ON85256F80.0055B17E-85256F80.0056DF20@schange.com>
This morning I lost my poor Buster and I imagine my not jumping on a
possible issue.
For a few months my Buster (4.5 year old, private breeder, male, never had
health issues) had been peeing in weird places and sometimes right in
front of me. I assumed it was behavior relating to possible adrenal.
Where he seemed to have no problem urinating I kept an eye out for other
symptoms. I mentioned it to the vet two weeks ago during his exam. The
vet agreed and said he looked normal.
I went away for the weekend, returning about 1:00 am on Tuesday. I
checked on the ferrets and noticed some dark puddles on the floor and
thought they looked strange but urine usually darkens as it dries. Buster
was limp in his bed and looked as if he urinated on himself. I took him
out and fed him some soup, he ate well but seemed very weak. Around six
in the morning he seemed brighter and a bit stronger. Last night he
looked a bit worse and wouldn't take any food or fluids. Whatever I tried
to give him just ran out the sides of his mouth. I noticed his nose was
yellowish and even his skin seemed to have a yellow tone. I called and
left a message for my vet that we would be in when they opened in the
morning. However when I went to check on him and feed him at 2am he was
gone.
Where he had been in his cage for so long I wasn't sure a necropsy would
be effective so I buried him this am. For future reference, does anyone
have any clue as to what the skin yellowing may be (Kidney failure? okay,
what causes that in an otherwise healthy young male).
Thanks. I feel so guilty that poor Buster had to pay for my not paying
more attention to what he was telling me when he peed in weird places.