From:
sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2005-09-22 19:34:12 UTC
Subject: RE: Diet for Ferret with Diabetes
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <7479135.1127417652980.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Sorry, I am slow on the uptake today.
These will help answer some diet questions in relation to protein, carbohydrates, and chromium as per diabetes and insulinoma:
http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=YG4476
is very old but the comment:
>If we had a
>diet with enough chromium to lower the post meal glucose peak,
>then we might prevent insulinomas from occurring in ferrets. Again
>this is an area that needs further research. Based on what we currently
>know, chromium is a good thing for healthy ferrets, but a bad thing
>for ferrets with an insulinoma.
remains intriguing. (I also wonder at what level chromium poses its own problems in healthy ferrets. Perhaps one of the list members who will be attending Forum in the Fort
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
will be able to pose questions about this general topic.)
protein and diabetes
brings up some posts for you:
http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=SG15191
http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=SG6568
http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=SG2385