From:
sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2005-08-19 01:19:37 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Obese ferrets?
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <3330589.1124414377397.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Author wrote:
> So does the fluid usually and up just around the belly area, or does it m=
ake
> them overall big everywhere?
Peripheral edema seems to be pretty unusual in ferrets but it certainly can=
happen. We had one with advanced hypertrophic cardiomyopathy whose limbs,=
esp. rear limbs used to get like little swollen, stiff sausages near the e=
nd. Massage would return flexibility and mobility for a while. (Obviously=
she was already on meds including levels of Furosemide/Lasix that were gen=
erously above the recommended levels. Over the decades with ferrets in our=
family we've found Lasix to be "what the individual will tolerate" for dos=
ing levels in end stages, and the individuals have varied widely on that sc=
ore, from one with dilative cardiomyopathy and cardiac tumor who could not =
cope with even the textbook max (She would lose not only acceptance of food=
from nasal membrane dryness but she did the opposite of the norm and inste=
ad of becoming more thirsty she would lose thirst.) to several who were ver=
y tolerant of the med with an assortment of cardiac conditions (dilative ca=
rdiomyopathy, and that with ventricular bigemini, hypertrophic cardiomyopat=
hy, Level 3 A/V Heart Block).
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