From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2008-08-24 16:17:47 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] educational resources for vets; rectal prolapse article; not letting travel cause problems
To: fhl <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>, ferret-l@LISTSERV.FERRETMAILINGLIST.ORG
A wonderful vet write-up on rectal prolapse in ferrets and how to
treat and prevent it:
http://www.smallanimalchannel.com/ferrets/ferret-health/prolapse.aspx
That hits close to home right now because Telemna decided to get
overly enthusiastic about wiping herself on a carpet recently and
inflamed and tugged hers out in a minor way (and now i know that is
probably more proctitis than prolapse). Luckily, the cortizone cream
and Prep H trick that Dr. Bruce Williams talks about in the separate
FHL Archives worked wonderfully and we are now heros to her. I
learned a good bit from Dr. Gandolfi's article, including about
Lawsonia which I didn't know about.
On veterinarians becoming more ferret-savvy:
http://www.smallanimalchannel.com/ferrets/ferret-health/bridging-the-gap.aspx
Related:
http://www.smallanimalchannel.com/ferrets/ferret-health/ecm-board-certification.aspx
http://www.aemv.org/
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ExoticDVM/
http://www.vin.com/
Ferret laws can sometimes cause problems getting vet care. Luckily,
usually (always?) vets are not prevented from treating (which would
amount to imposed animal abuse) but these could help (esp. since some
commonly used resources are no longer valid -- and there have been
problems when people had old Geocities pages with being unable to
update them or extinguish them):
http://www.smallanimalchannel.com/ferrets/ferret-housing/ferret-owners-and-animal-law.aspx
http://www.smallanimalchannel.com/ferrets/ferret-housing/ferret-owners-and-animal-law-moving.aspx
Related (and more are in the article):
http://www.animallaw.info/
http://municipalcodes.lexisnexis.com/
http://www.municode.com/Resources/OnlineLibrary.asp
On that score, when traveling with ferrets always take along lists of
vets in places where you will be. A great place to start is
http://ferrethealth.org/vets/
If your ferrets stay home always leave a "permission to treat" letter
with your vet and your pet sitter. Many people use vet techs or
ferret shelter operators as pet sitters. (And keep your private info
like when you will be away private so that you lower the risk of a
break-in. Your police safety officer can provide free Neighborhood
watch and McGuff materials to help improve safety, too.)
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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