Message Number: FHL840 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: "DebraJean"
Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 21:21:16 -0000
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: palliative care
My Jerry Springer was diagnosed with Cardiomyopathy a little over a
week ago. He was on Lasix 2X a day for 4 days to relieve the fluid
buildup in his abdominal cavity. Jerry is 10 1/2 years old so we did
Xrays to check his heart after my vet listend to his heart and said
it didn't sound right. His heart is enlarged but also has a large
tumor growing off the heart.
You should at least get you ferret on a diaretic to elieviate the
pressure from the fluid buildup as this can also restrict your
ferret's breathing.
Debi
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "smguiboche" <sguiboche@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi again,
>
> I have posted recently about a 8 y.o. male ferret with fluid in the
> thoracic cavity. The vet had suggested a ultrasound, but says that
> there is not any good prognosis re: what is causing this at this
age.
> He says there is not much point to the ultrasound, because
treatment is
> unlikely to help much.
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