From:
"Nanci"
Date: 2007-08-04 10:46:14 UTC
Subject: Re Kidney tied off during neuter Re: [ferrethealth] Digest Number 862
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
I'd have to go back and ask to remember when this happened...but a few
years ago I remember our vet at the time exclaiming about the results
of a recent surgery on a MF ferret. She was fully intact (uterus,
ovaries) but was missing one kidney.
We recently received a boy who was 3 at the time who only came with
one blue MF tattoo - and a full set o' testicles! Hey, at least he
was in fact properly tattooed. !!!
Botched spay procedures in farm ferrets (around here MF bring forth
the vast majority of the ferrets one will encounter) have always
seemed not very surprising to the vets who have occasion to perform
many abdominal surgeries in our area. I've heard tell of many wacky
findings, usually on 3+ age critters who are in for adrenal surgery,
thus the abdomen is open for inspection.
Nanci
> In a message dated 08/01/07 5:56:19 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com writes:
>
> last week my 10 month old ferret was very lethargic and had hindleg
> weekness brought her to the vet blood panel ultrasound done, leading
> to immediate surgery to remove her kidney. marshall ferret's tied off
> her kidney during her neuter.
>
>
> **I'm sorry your ferret had trouble with her kidney, but I find the
idea that
> the damage was from her spay at four or five weeks at Marshall's and
only
> showed up at this late date to be almost impossible to believe.
When damage is
> done to a kidney during a surgery, clinical signs show up within a
few days,
> not ten months later. In fact, I'm currently treating a dog who was
spayed at
> another facility last week who had her kidney damaged - clinical
signs of
> illness occurred within two days of her spay.
>
> You need to look for another reason for the kidney problem, I'm afraid.
>
> The good news is that as long as her remaining kidney is functioning
> normally, she should have a normal life ahead of her now.**
>
> Dr. Ruth
>
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