From:
sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2005-04-11 23:55:13 UTC
Subject: Need Help!!!!!! Please, ?s about Insulinoma
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
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42'C converts to 107.6'F That is awful.
Some things come to my mind until you get any blood work or other test results back.
With the complete lack of eating or drinking the first is an ingested foreign body which has caused a GI perforation.
The second (though they typically DO eat and drink) is the mystery disease/DIM. I have forwarded your note to a vet who is involved in devising and testing new medical approaches for this disease and hope that you will hear from that person soon because that fever is truly extreme.
Another is JL, though that fever is awfully high.
There are certainly other possibilities such as some serious other types of infection.
What tests were done? Was the abdomen imaged? Was blood taken for a CBC and Chemistry Panel.
Is there sepsis? Is there anemia? Are any nodes enlarged? Is there pain specific to any area? Is there bloating? Are there neuro signs?
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From: Crazyferretmom@aol.com
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A lot of you remember my ferret big Al for a couple of months ago when he
had the severe reaction to the purvac distemper shot, and we nearly lost him.
Today he was acting funny, not his self. He is a real laid back ferret, not
very active. I could tell he did not feel good, so I took him out to look him
over, and he would squeak or whimper. He was making strange faces, as in
discomfort. I set him on the floor and he stumbled and fell over, I felt to make
sure he had no broken bones, everything felt fine. I could tell he was real
weak, and noticed he was like in a daze, then he started to twitch his head
and legs and I could tell he was having a seizure. I gave him some karo, about
a teaspoon full, he slightly perked up, I set him down again, he did the same
thing. So we rushed him to the vet (about a 10 min drive) When we got there
he was slipping from us, the took his temp, it was 98, way to low, my vet
immediately took a blood test, his sugar was 60, and that is after having karo
about 20 mins before. He started him on the doxy ? in the fluids. After the
fluids he perked up some but was not stable. So it is pretty obvious he has
insulinoma. He is staying with my vet tonight until they get him stabilized. I
am worried sick about him. It is as if this came out of no where. He is only
3.
The only thing we are not sure about is the fact he acted as if he was in
pain. I didn't think pain was part of having insulinoma. He is running some
blood test tomorrow, he wanted to get him stabilized first. I am afraid of
having the surgery. I would rather try the medication. He is responding to the
vet treatment.
I will say this up front, I have a very good and caring vet, he is still new
to ferrets, so I try to do as much research to help.
Does any one have any thoughts? Medication or surgery, and why is this baby
acting as if he is in pain
julie