From:
"Tressie"
Date: 2008-09-23 10:56:30 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: What could my baby have died of?
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Claire,
Once again my condolences on the loss of your beloved fuzzy.
With this new information, I would deduce that he did have insulinoma
and from your descriptions sounds like it was never treated.
Untreated insulinoma can predispose a ferret to chronic ulcers as
well as a host of other physical problems, some of which you have
described. Hypoglycemia is a hallmark clinical symptom of insulinoma
and should have been a red flag to the vet when it was confirmed by
blood work.
I speculate he may have had an insulinomic seizure or hypoglycemic
crash that caused him to fall and injure his spine. I am so very,
very sorry.
Warmest Regards,
Tressie
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "Claire van den Broek"
<claire4gary@...> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> Thank you for your responses and sympathy, ... He went in
perfectly healthy, but two days before we came
> back, the boarding lady said he had a sudden hypoglycemic crash, he
> went into shock, etc. She is very experienced with ferrets, and had
> given him some sugar or whatever right away to get him out of the
> shock. He then had some weakness in the legs. He never dragged
them,
> but he would stand still, stare, and then suddenly fall over
> (especially his back half), and then get back up again and act
> normally for ten minutes or so. He also occasionally ground his
teeth.
...Nothing strange on the blood test, other
> than hypoglycemia.
>
...
> So perhaps I SHOULD connect these events and conclude he may have
had
> insulinoma? Could it have been hidden? Came to the foreground in
> september due to stress, then disappeared again and remained hidden
> until the sudden episode? Can it really happen that quickly? Or
were
> these episodes unrelated?
>
> Thank you for your help!
>
> Claire
>
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