From:
sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2006-04-27 20:13:48 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] RE: ferret diagnosed with kidney failure
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
IS THE URINE CONCENTRATING? THAT CAN AT TIMES BE THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT KIDNEY TEST RESULT.
Forgive me for linking to my own recent posts to others but I know that I have tackled these questions recently and that these posts are the quickest ways to give you meds to try, causes to consider, and terms on which to do further searches. I don't normally like to link to my own posts, but this time, with such recent replies that relate.
See:
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/Clin_Path/ClinPath.html
I can't help but wonder if this ferret *might* be ADV positive.
Has the ferret been tested for Aleutian Disease? If not, and you have other ferrets or plan to have other ones you should be testing, please!
Meanwhile, here are two things that can cause urinary blockages:
adrenal disease causing prostate enlargement
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/browse.php?msg=SG16325
Start at the 8th paragraph and use the links in the post
much more in the archives, esp. from address that contains AFERRETVET
Uroliths:
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/browse.php?msg=SG17003
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/browse.php?msg=SG16991
More in the archives
Primary Kidney Disease:
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/browse.php?msg=SG17185
Again, more in the archives
-- Sukie (not a vet, and not speaking for any of the below in my private posts)
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