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From: "Erin"
Date: 2007-09-29 23:33:38 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Vets and others PLEASE look at these X-rays
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com

First, Thank you so much for looking and lending your advise.
Okay meds.-
I went ahead and kept her on Pred. 0.1 &1/2 MLs a day ( 5Mgs per 5Mls
liquid) since she seemed to go down hill when I took her off. I have
also started giving her 1/8 of tablet of Carafete early morning.
(Pred at night). My vet was more with the idea of giving her Human
Pepcid to keep acid down in her stomach from the Pred. But he really
couldn't set me a guide line on how much Pred to give her. He just
felt if she was doing better on it, than leave her on it.

She is getting up these last 2 days and wants to move around, She
walks but her broke hip/leg some times slides out from under her. She
is eating really well when I feed her. We started giving her PediaLite
(sp?) with her soup. We don't think she was getting up much because
of pain so she wasn't drinking much. However since we stated feeding
her and giving the water she is passing better stool and urine( No
blood the last few days). My vet was just sure the blood in stool was
from stress. He said he sees lots of small animals do that when
stressed or sick, and it goes away. I have never heard of that in a
ferret.

She was going bald on her upper shoulders almost 3 years ago so a vet
AL. Did exploratory, found adrenal issues and Debulked her. She was
put on Implants and did really well for about 1 &1/2 years after.
Then several months ago she started going very bald mid back to tail.
Her Vulva also swelled slightly. We got new implant and started low
side Lupron. The last dose was about a month and half ago and it was
total 1100MCGs of Lupron. her swelling went down and her hair ( all
but tail) is back. The Exotics vet a few hours away had advise
against surgery due to age.

Some one has mentioned glucosamine chondroitin for her leg. I don't
know anything about it or how much. My vet may need to know. I am
worried about the fact that all her insides looked pushed over to her
right from the Spleen or what ever it is.

Again thanks!
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, Karen Purcell <drkaren11@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi Erin,
>
> As best I can tell from your xrays, that is quite the broken
hip. However, at her age, she may be just fine with support and pain
medication until she forms a false joint, if surgery is not an
option.
>
> It is hard to determine abdominal masses from those xrays.
Certainly if you know she has a large right adrenal, that is an
issue. However, it is highly unlikely to be encroaching on her
colon, so look for the source of blood elsewhere. I'd be more
concerned with trauma or pelvic damage to go along with the broken
hip. As for the spleen, lots of older ferrets have enormous spleens,
they do okay if it is not lymphoma. Best way to tell would be an
ultrasound guided needle biopsy if you are avoiding surgery.
>
> Is she being treated with any medications right now? What is
her overall health like? When was she diagnosed with adrenal disease
and how are you treating?
>
> Karen Purcell DVM
> aka Dr. Karen
> Londonderry, NH
>
>
>




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