From:
<grape_apes@charter.net>
Date: 2007-05-16 06:37:19 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] RE: Ferret lower back pain: HELP!
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
I would strongly recommend at least basic bloodwork; a blood glucose from a strip (do they mean glucometer strips? that's a bummer thing to run out of at a vet clinic) is not really going to be enough to determine what is wrong with her; those strips aren't necessarily going to give you the most accurate picture of her BG, either, but can give a good baseline. If we relied on those solely here and were out of them, we certainly wouldn't make a sick animal wait to get bloodwork-we would get blood and get it to an outside lab ASAP. We would do this even with an in-house glucometer check and compare results.
But a BG is just not enough anyway, I think, to make a solid determination without checking any other blood values or a urinalysis, etc. Xrays are great, but they are just a piece of your diagnostic puzzle...
Good luck,
April (vet tech and ferret owner)
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/join
(Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
mailto:ferrethealth-digest@yahoogroups.com
mailto:ferrethealth-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
ferrethealth-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/