From:
"Sukie Crandall"
Date: 2008-04-14 17:13:17 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: vet cant tell whats wrong
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Age?
CBC results? Chemistry Panel results? Imaging done? Urinalysis? Urine specific gravity?
Copies of these will help your vet:
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/Clin_Path/ClinPath.html
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/PDF/Ferret_GI_path_reports.pdf
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/PDF/10_steps.pdf
With that high urine pH you mention (alkaline) there is a risk of struvite uroliths for this
one, so what you are feeding becomes important. High pH (alkaline) typically happens
when the food is too high in vegetable matter. (Low pH is acidic and a different type of
urolith can happen then.) For that kind of problem include this in the readings:
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/ferret.path.html
Among the possibilities is lymphoma
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/PDF/Lymphoma_Ferrets.pdf
Much more info is needed to know better what is happening, I'm afraid, but one thing that
can be approached now while tests are done is to tackle that food issue.
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
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "cmcgowan85" <cmcgowan85@...> wrote:
>
> i have 3 ferrets, 1 male and 2 female. the youngest of the females i
> took to the vet after waking up for work and seeing that she had
> severe weakness to her back legs, had very runny stool, uncontrolable
> urinating. the vet said it could be a number of infections, virusus,
> etc. when i got her back (she did an over nighter at the vets) i
> noticed that now included in the above symptoms a rash covering all
> the skin around and near her anus, and vulva. they are both red, and
> have a veiny rash covering the surrounded area. the vet said it was
> from a high ph level in her urine. i have researched the symptoms for
> 2 days now and can find nothing that can pinpoint what the sorces of
> her sikness is. if there is anybody that might know please respond.
>
> Charlie
>
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