From:
"Kim"
Date: 2008-03-18 02:24:13 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Insulinoma claimed Fozzy
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Another ferret succombed to insulinoma at just 6 1/2 years old. I
realize this is not a nutrition forum, but with insulinoma so rampant
and being proved to be linked to a hi carb/ hi vegetable matter diet -
it is obviously a VERY preventable disease!
Please help your ferret have a healthy longer life by offering them
as natural a diet as possible. Ferrets ARE in fact obligate
carnivores and do NOT need to eat oats, corn, rice, wheat, broccoli,
barley, kelp, cranberries, garlic, rosemary,chicory, blueberries,
bananas, raisins, potatoes or the plethora of other plant products
processed in kibbles under the guise of "natural and nutritious and
beneficial"!
Insulinoma is a horrible way to die and completely an unnecessary way
to exit this world!
Your ferret's health is inextricably linked to the nutrition it gets.
While some health issues can be related to genetics, early altering
and housing. Insulinoma is diet related and preventable.
Fozzy came to me just 5 months ago. Most likely already with the
insulinoma well established. Although the more nutritious and natural
diet I fed him got him trimmed down, offered him more energy and
improved his outward appearance and his emotional health, the
insulinoma was waging war on his internal organs.
He rallied a bit once he began getting Prednisolone, but the
insulinoma was too far advanced and pred is only a bandaid, it is NOT
a cure.
AN ounce of prevention (in the form of an ounce of natural food) is
worth a pound of cure is never more true than with the case of
insulinoma! Please evaluate your ferret's diet and adjust as
necessary - these tiny critters offer us so much - its unfair to kill
them silently by feeding them stuff their systems are not designed to
eat!
Regards, Kim
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