From:
"Tony Clarke"
Date: 2007-04-05 21:45:11 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: sudden weight gain
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, Debbie Hunton
<reynapaubi@...> wrote:
>
> Which brings up the question for me... why do exploratory
surgery if the ferret is feeling fine?
As a general point I would agree but my Sue had something
obviously wrong with her, 1/2 lb of extra weight due to fluid is
no small thing on a small ferret. She was behaving perfectly
normally wrestling with her cagemate, running up and down
stairs, climbing up me from floor to shoulder, all with no
apparent effort. Previous blood tests had revealed little of
significance.
The vets comment on seeing her liver was ' I don't know why
she is alive'. He called me in to the operating room to show
me, there was only a tiny sliver that was a normal healthy pink
the rest was a large red/black spongy mass.
She would have died from an internal haemorage at some
point, at least she went peacefully.
Ferrets are very good at hiding their illnesses and sudden
ascites is a pointer to something that needs investigation. I
agree that surgery should be the last diagnostic action but it is
sometimes necessary.
Tony (not a vet), Sugar and Suki.
In memory of Sally and Sue.
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