From:
Andrea
Date: 2008-04-25 16:30:09 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Link between orange urine and Benebac? (post#2, if anyone has a minute, please... thank you so much! :))
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Hi Sonia, I've never heard of orange urine before (I've heard of green indicating an infection), but a thought came to mind... what is he eating? I'm wondering if its got any red or orange dye in it? I dont even know if that would be a cause of it, but just a thought.
Even if your vet recommends that he doesnt need a urinalysis, she should still be willing to do it because you would like it done. After all, there's no harm in doing it.
One other thing you mention is that he has an enlarged spleen... while it is known for some ferrets to get slightly enlarged spleens w/out a known cause, a spleen that is enlarged could also be indicating something... if its that enlarged where its getting in his way of walking/moving...etc, I would have that looked into. I'd have it looked into even if its only slightly enlarged too. Some reasons could be infection or lymphoma. Hopefully its nothing, but just thought I'd mention it.
Andrea
Sonia Dragulin-Otto <smdragulin@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hello all,
I am not sure if I did something wrong, but I didn't get any replies to my past post, so I will post again hopefully I can get some hints. I did search the FHL and the FML archives for BENEBAC, BENEBAC+URINE, but nothing answered my question yet. So I tried! :) I very much appreciate all of your time and knowledge!
My 4 year old male with no previous problems was on Benebac for five days to clear up some diarrhea. On the fifth day of benebac he developed some orange urine (stool is normal at this point, with some malabsorption). He didn't strain to urinate, he didn't vocalize and he didn't go often.
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