From:
"April"
Date: 2007-05-16 21:51:52 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: pain managment
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, aclavern33@... wrote:
>
> Please also keep in mind ferrets DO need pain management. I had
one that
> nearly died from the pain. I did not get pain meds for home. Now
I know
> better. Everyone gets pains meds from any sort of abdominal
surgery for at least
> 72 hrs...or until they seem to move around find and are not
uncomfortable.
>
> My Loki that died of lymphoma had pain meds before they woke her
and for her
> time in hospital as well as at home. She was up eating kibble and
drinking
> water the next day. She looked for her food even though she was still
> sleepy. This was for a very large spleenectomy that was riddled
full of cancerous
> tumors.
>
> Toni
>
>
>
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> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
Amen to that. Ferrets tend to be a lot more stoic than dogs or cats
or a lot of other animals, and I've had very few that even cry after a
major surgery (and I've had dogs screaming and howling all night who
have had a 2mm subcutaneous mass removed under local anesthesia...).
So we try really hard to get them proper pain meds even if they don't
"seem" painful. It's an instinct for them to hide illness, like how
most don't want you to see them throw up. Things like adrenalectomies
are major surgeries, and even a tooth pulling or a dental cleaning on
"bad" teeth or gums can be pretty painful.
Pain inhibits healing, plain and simple.
Best,
April (vet tech and ferret owner)
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