From:
sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2005-02-01 18:27:26 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Green Crystals in Bladder
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <1319647.1107282446530.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Possibly struvite crystals which are from too much vegeatable matter. Yes, that can happen to ferrets, too. It's the more common type they get.
Ferrets can also sometimes get cystine stones which are ones from too much of certain protein components (the COLA groups of amino acids: cystine, ornithine, lysine, and arginine) and those are currently under study so list memb ers are encouraged to made their vets aware of the need for uroliths, histories, and when also possible tissue samples. The new study on these stones in ferrets is being
Dr. Michelle Hawkins VMD DABVP (Avian) is coordinating this effort and
can be reached at:
2108 Tupper Hall, University of CA, Davis, CA 95616
1-530-752-1363 (phone)
mghawkins@ucdavis.edu
There are a number of types of uroliths but what is done to treat them varies widely with the types of stones and parts of the approaches for some are the opposite of the approaches for others, so it really, really makes sense to have uroliths checked by a lab.
Author wrote:
> I had a persian cat about 20 years ago who got bladder crystals. The vet said it was from the food we were feeding him (cheap cat food). Could that be the case