From:
Steve Austin
Date: 2005-10-30 17:03:39 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] My Friend Ruckus
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
I agree with Sukie. I have only done the adrenal panel
once, and that was for a young diabetic ferret to try to pin point a
cause
or contributing factor. The others all went in on just symptoms,
mostly fur loss on tops of feet, behind ears or truncal.
I also would get a CBC and at least a glucose if not full chemistry
before surgery.
Post op care, there were only 2 out of about 9 that had surgery that were
tough.
One had a huge left adrenal, 2 days post op he crashed and
needed fluids, steroid shot and percorten to bring him around. Just to
keep in mind
sometimes the one adrenal was doing the work for both, so temporarily
they can go into an addison's crisis.
The bilateral I had was easier, since right away was put on the steroids
and percorten and then later we stopped to test the chemistry and
monitor.
I had one with a lot of blood loss that needed extra recoop time.
I do use meat baby food ( or Bob church chicken gravy) to feed the first
few days
post op plus put in the regular kibble.\
I try to get them to eat with in a few hours of waking up - just seemed
to me to help if they started right back on their food ( as long as
interested and
awake fully, alert).
No climbing, and newspaper or paper towels for litter for a few days.
The paper towels is nice because you can see the color of their urine and
tell if they are urinating ok.
I use those discs you mircowave for warmth if in the winter, just for a
day or so post op,
seems to help them stay warm ( especially the day they are post op).
My vet would send them home with me that day, but if your vet has over
night staff-
it is nice if they stay that one night.
I would separate for about 3 days only, then allow back into the group as
long as active
and out exploring as usual.
My vet used the absorbable sutures with one extra on the outside for good
measures.
This worked for my kids. Staples seem fine too, but seem to need a
little
more care to keep them from crusting over or getting pulled on.
I have actually had more trouble with the insulinoma post ops,
fluctuating blood
sugars and more loss of appetite so more hand feedings,etc.
Patty
On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 07:37:25 +0000 (GMT) jelijah@provide.net writes:
> Well, we are in the same situation now, symptoms but no lab work to
> back them up. We have scheduled surgery for Tuesday at noon and we
> hope we are making the right decision.
>
> Any thoughts, comments would be greatly appreciated. Also any
> advice concerning postop which isn't posted already, care, things to
> watch for, look out for, etc. will be gladly taken into
> consideration also!
>
> Peace,
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