From:
"Sukie Crandall"
Date: 2008-01-22 05:24:20 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Ike His update Re: Possible blockage
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, Chantal Hurtado <Lamenting_Sunshine18@...>
wrote:
>
> Irene, Thank you. I took him in and i had to put him down. The doctor that I go to does
have experience he did like an ultra sound and said that it looks like he had bladder stones
and that his bladder was full. I had asked him about surgery and said that there is a
chance that he might not live. He told me putting him down would of been the best thing..
>
I am sorry for your loss.
It can be possible to save a ferret who has a complete urinary
blockage from bladder stones, even with the urine backed-up
and hydronephrosis resulting and with the urethra needing time
to heal, too, but it is very, very hard, and the longer postponed,
the harder it is. We have been there. It is very critical to regularly
check how well the kidneys concentrate urine during the treatment
and to provide copious amounts of fluid as well as drainage. Sometimes
it is possible to avoid rerouting a male or catherizing a male by
removing the urine by syringe when needed.
There are three main types of uroliths that ferrets get:
Struvite stones happen when the ferret is eating food that has too
much plant matter for ferrets (i.e. cheap food) and the urine with that
is alkaline.
Cystine stones (which are what we have had with two of ours) happen
in ferrets who can not tolerate the higher protein levels most ferrets
can deal with. They especially can not deal with high amounts of any
of four amino acids: cystine, ornithine, lysine, or arginine. The urine
is acidic.
Calcium oxalate stones are the third in the grouping of most common
urinary stones that ferrets get. Oxalate in the diet needs reducing.
More commonly, inability to urinate by a male is from prostate enlargement
caused by adrenal disease.
Ferrets are expensive animals to have in one's family. The medical costs
have to be expected and simply are not low. Sad but true fact...
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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