From:
"Joan"
Date: 2006-12-06 09:20:22 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Sub-Q Fluids
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Here is an addy for a technique to administer sub-q fluids.
http://home.att.net/%7EThe_Ferrets/subq/subqindex.html
Joan
-- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "possum1213" <gator524@...> wrote:
>
> --- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "janarickel@" <janarickel@>
> wrote:
> > Yikes! I don't know what the correct amount is, but this would be
> a huge amount.
>
> My Emma, who had renal failure, was getting 50cc once a day. It was
> usually absorbed within an hour afterward. This was on my vet's
> instructions. There are formulas for mild, moderate, and severe
> dehydration but I don't have them handy at the moment.
>
> Emma easily could have taken twice that much (in two sittings) as she
> always was a little bit dehydrated, despite the fluids.
>
> Katharine
>
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