From:
"Sukie Crandall"
Date: 2007-05-11 00:19:10 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] (My post without subject)
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Sorry, this is for the neural symptoms ferret to supplement earlier info, but I think that
disease is still for the most part a better match, though there may be something worth
considering in here).
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, Sukie Crandall <sukie@...> wrote:
>
> I couldn't hurt to run the symptoms past a veterinary
> toxicologist. I don't know is the SPCA has such
> resources in Canada. (If they do then it should go
> into the links at the FHL.
>
> Here are the U.S. ones. I think the current charge is
> $55 per CASE.
>
> From archives:
>
>
> BEGIN QUOTES
> As the premier animal poison control center in North America, the APCC
> is your best resource for any animal poison-related emergency, 24 hours
> a day, 365 days a year. If you think that your pet may have ingested a
> potentially poisonous substance, make the call that can make all the
> difference: (888) 426-4435. A $55 consultation fee may be applied to
> your credit card.
>
> Call the Angell Animal Poison Control Hotline at 1-877-2ANGELL.
> 24 hours a day =85 Veterinary help is just a phone call away!
> To help pet caretakers deal with these emergencies, the Angell Animal
> Medical Centers have teamed up with the ASPCA's board-certified
> veterinary toxicologists to offer a unique 24/7 poison hotline. Help
> is now just a phone call away.
> [That has the same fee the last I checked. --SDC]
> END QUOTES
>
> http://www.mspca.org/site/PageServer?
> pagename=poisoncontrolhotline_pagewrapperlanding
>
> http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?
> pagename=pro_apcc&JServSessionIdr008=zmn6s7asu1.app28b
>
> Looking in a poisoning book (human data and old) I have from
> way back when we had to be careful what we let chimps near
> (but it will NOT be comprehensive and i know next to nothing
> about poisoning and just a little bit about plant taxonomy):
>
> Notice that not everything which is poisonous for a human is
> poisonous for a ferret and vice versa by cross refing with the
> ASPCA's toxic plant list. I am going through a many, many
> page table in the book.
>
> Yew has strong CNS effects but it also has pronounced
> digestive symptoms.
> Ditto on both scores (and in some cases some more symptoms):
> bleeding heart, betelnut, boxwood, burning bush/spindle tree,
> daphne, elderberry, Indian Tobacco, some jasmines
> (not tea jasmine), laurels, rayless goldenrod/snakeroot (or milk
> from animals who ate snakeroot), parts of some plants in the
> pea family )esp. sweetpea seeds), stonefish (Nope, not a
> plant since I am on to a different table now), some caterpillars,
> and that seems to be it in these tables.
>
> Non-edible parts of cherry and parts of some related species in
> Prunus like jetberry (containing cyanide) can cause CNS
> symptoms without digestive ones.
>
> It IS a time of year when many bring in flowering tree branches
> to lend scent and beauty to homes.
>
> BUT NONE OF THESE APPEAR TO CAUSE AGGRESSION OR FEAR!
>
> Laburnum can cause delirium but also other symptoms beyond CNS.
>
> NUTMEG in extreme amounts can cause delirium and convulsions. Is
> there a chance that the ferret got a stash of this spice? I do NOT know
> if it does the same damage to ferrets.
>
> http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/poison/plants/ppchoke.htm
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus
>
> The text is too old to be reliable for household products such as
> cleansers.
>
> I have a very vague recollection of what I think was some sort of
> supplement that was being abused for hallucinogenic effects but
> can't find anything so it is probably me confusing two or more things
> read in the past.
>
> Sukie (not a vet)
>
> Recommended ferret health links:
> http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
> http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
> http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
> http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/
> http://www.ferretcongress.org/
> http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
> http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
>
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