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From: "magnet_tar_pit_trap"
Date: 2007-03-29 21:12:59 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Advanced Nutrition 8 in 1 ferret food/melatonin implants
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com

--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "magnet_tar_pit_trap"
<johnnyrocknroll@...> wrote:
>I wasn't talking about acute renal disease/failure or the
recent 'poison food' thing-sorry for not making that clear.I
understand that adrenal disease and other 'bad things' typically
start to occur around the four years of age mark in ferrets. If this
is true,at the four years of age mark, would it be wise to stop
feeding my baby the 8 in 1 advanced nutrition high protein food and
switch to a lower protein content food, so as to reduce the stress on
the kidneys?

thnx again

mike long


> On 3-17-07 a member posted ,stating that she has exclusively fed her
> ferret 8 in 1 Advanced Nutrition,same as me. She went on to say that
> her ferret died of renal failure & her vet cautioned her about the
> high (45%) protein content of the food. Should I cease feeding my
> sweetbaby this food? My Delilah was born 12-11-2005.
>
> Lastly,in the spirit of adrenal disease prevention,would melatonin
> implants be a viable idea?
>
> thanks so much
> Mike Long
> Addison texas usa
>
> [Moderator's Note: the foods that recently were PROVEN to have
caused ACUTE kidney failure in cats and dogs were not kibbles. Those
were wet foods in cans and pouches. None were ferret foods. They
were cat and dog foods. Nor do I recall 8 in 1 being among the foods
recalled.
>
> Yes, ferrets do at times die of kidney failure from a range of
causes, usually chronic kidney failure (which is long process over
time, especially at older ages). A cause of acute kidney failure to
be considered for ferrets which was written about by a pair of vets
who have treated such animals is too many raisins.
>
> If I recall right you are referring to a person whose ferret needed
the protein levels reduced to reduce phosphorus in the diet. That is
done for chronic kidney failure. It does not mean that the food is
the cause of the disease, but that the ferret's disease has caused
special dietary needs.]
>





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