From:
"Sue Liszewski"
Date: 2005-06-28 12:08:51 UTC
Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] Don't think it is kidney cancer
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <BAY104-F108EA36D8D17C8F3EB39ADDCE10@phx.gbl>
Find another vet. Sorry to be so blunt but I totally disagree. I think
surgery is your only good option, find it and either fix it or biopsy it,
using reglan if he is blocked could cause a rupture. Too many unknowns look
into other places in your area and get another opinion. Do this soon. I
would hate for it to turn out to be something fixable and you end up losing
him. Best of luck.
Dr. Sue
>From: ladydbfh@sbcglobal.net
>Reply-To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>Subject: [ferrethealth] Don't think it is kidney cancer
>Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 02:52:22 +0100 (BST)
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>Scotch is a 4 year old that came into our rescue about 1.5 months ago. He
>seemed fine up until about a week ago. I noticed that he was pawing fiercly
>at his mouth and that there was vomit in his cage. I got him out and (he
>was dehydrated) and thought maybe if I gave him pepto he would be ok, I
>thought upset tummy. It was after vet hours and I wanted to give it the
>benefit of the doubt before rushing off to emergency clinic. As soon as the
>pepto was swallowed it came back out projectile. Off we went to ER and they
>xrayed him and gave him subq fluids. The doc there couldn't find anything
>obvious, no foreign body (whew) but a possible mass above the left kidney.
>They said to not feed him for 12 hours (ouch)gave him reglan and baytril
>and sent us on our merry way. He still hadn't improved by morning and was
>instantly vomiting up the gravy even with the reglan so I thought it HAD to
>be a blockage. I took him to regular vet, along with xrays and she said the
>mass wasn't a mass but she thought his right kidney looked strange on the
>xray. Also, he was very sensitive when she palpatated his right side. They
>said it almost has to be kidney cancer and sent us on our way. He isn't
>vomiting with the reglan and gravy anymore, but still refuses to eat on his
>own and is always close to dehydrated. I am concerned. He is adrenal, or so
>we suspect, but the vet claims that surgery to find the cause of it all
>isn't recommended. I am lost. He is a sweet guy and I hate watching him
>suffer, but, I don't want to have him put to sleep based on "could be's".
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>Any suggestions? I read in the book Ferrets Rabbits and Rodents that
>vomiting isn't usually associated with renal failure or kidney problems.
>Sigh.... I wish I were a vet!!
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>Lori
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