From:
"Sue Liszewski"
Date: 2005-06-12 03:08:35 UTC
Subject: blindness and agression
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <BAY104-F29D9FAA7462513CEC188C6DCF10@phx.gbl>
I think part of how this ferret does will depend on the cause of the kiney
failure. If exposed to antifreeze he won't survive, but if it is caused but
the heat and dehydration he has a good chance to recover funtion with
aggressive treatment. So keep him hydrated, monitor electrolytes and
perhaps he can come thru. Best of luck. If he can return to normal I am
sure he will find his forever home. Best to you.
Dr. Sue
>From: ferretsnluv@aol.com
>Reply-To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>Subject: [ferrethealth] Ferret with kidney failure due to heat stroke
>Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 20:36:38 -0400
>
>On Thursday i received a call from Animal Control saying a person turned in
>a ferret they found outside. It's been 90 or above since last Wednesday so
>I have no idea how the poor think survived.
>I took her to my vet and they sub q'd her and found she had purple gums.
>It was late in the evening so we decided she was better off at home than at
>the clinic.
>On Fridayshe went back to the clinic and is still there. Today test
>results indicate kidney failure. they are treating her (sorry, I'm getting
>this second has as I've been out of town since Friday morning) and while
>the vet is "guarded" she believe we may have caught her in time.
>I've never dealt with this before and would welcome any input. I realize
>she's not my ferret and I can't adopt her (have one ferret who hates
>everyone outside of her own group) but several of us are willing to try and
>help her.
>Thank you.
>Connie
>
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><HTML><BODY><DIV style='font-family: "Verdana"; font-size: 10pt;'><DIV>On
><SPAN class=correction id="">Thursday</SPAN> i received a call from Animal
>Control saying a person turned in a ferret they found outside. <SPAN
>class=correction id="">It's</SPAN> been 90 or above since last Wednesday so
>I have no idea how the poor think survived.</DIV>
><DIV>I took her to my vet and they sub <SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN
>class=correction id="">q'd</SPAN></SPAN> her and found she had purple
>gums. It was late in the evening so we <SPAN class=correction
>id="">decided </SPAN>she was better off at home than at the clinic.
></DIV>
><DIV>On <SPAN class=correction id="">Friday</SPAN>she went back to the
>clinic and is still there. Today test results indicate kidney
>failure. they are treating her (sorry, I'm getting this second has as
>I've been out of town since Friday morning) and while the vet is "guarded"
>she believe we may have caught her in time.</DIV>
><DIV><SPAN class=correction id="">I've</SPAN> never dealt with this before
>and would welcome any input. I realize she's not my ferret and I
>can't adopt her (have one ferret who hates everyone outside of her own
>group) but several of us are willing to try and help her.</DIV>
><DIV>Thank you.</DIV>
><DIV>Connie</DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>
>
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From: Mickdaferret@aol.com
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Hi everyone,
My little girl Oreo who is about 4 1/2 years old might be going blind. IM
not sure. She looks likes she has a whitish glaze over one of her eyes. (I do
have another ferret that has cataracts which isn't a problem.)
My problem is if another ferret walks by her she attacks them and then
stops attacking suddenly. Kind of like they scared her. Could this be a sign of
adrenal and not blindness or some other health issue? The vet didn't see any
adrenal tumors when she had exploratory surgery a few months ago, only thing
he found was enlarged lymph nods and removed a piece and sent it out to
pathlogy and it came back as her having ibd.
Any Suggestions
Thank you
Julie