From:
brettm@uga.edu
Date: 2006-03-30 01:12:23 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] RE: Help for my Louie
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Author wrote:
> As a ferret owner, I am terrified of the thought of adrenal disease, and his
> symptoms appear similar, but not quite adrenal. My vet says it's not adrenal and
> hasn't had any suggestions as to what the problem might be. My question is firstly,
> does anyone have any ideas as to what might be going on and secondly, if I were to
> ask my vet to run tests, what kind should I be asking for?
You might want to start with a "Tennessee Panel", which is a blood panel done at the University of Tennessee Vet College to diagnose adrenal disease. See http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/basics.htm.
I believe that would be a good start, even though your vet doesn't think it's adrenal. Not all cases of adrenal disease have the standard presentation of rat tail and thinning hair on the hind quarters, and an inexperienced vet can easily misdiagnose a different presentation. Best to start by confirming or eliminating adrenal, unless someone else recognizes the symptoms as having a different cause.
As always, just MHO.
Brett
*SLMW 1.0* "Ferrets don't explode, you say?" -- J. Cleese
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