From:
"Cindy Scheidt"
Date: 2008-11-23 15:58:09 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Posting Nic Nac's info for Cindy and Vickie
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "Tressie" <tressiedu@...> wrote:
>
>
> Thank you Cindy for clarifying things.
>
> I am still puzzled why Vickie is not sticking with one vet, the one
she
> has most confidence and trust in. Vet hopping (as doc hopping in
> humans) is a little concerning.
The first vet did a referal to Vet # 2 of which she was not happy
with, I suggested my Vet # 3 and that is where she was told he felt
that Nic would not make it through the night and gave her pain med to
ease the pain - so of course she does not think that my vet, # 3 was
to sharp so then she went back to her original vet, #1 and from there
to vet # 4 where I believe she is staying. It looks as if she might
have been vet hopping to others but I think there were circumstances
that caused this.
>
> It will make more sense if I address specifics - see comments below.
>
> > Barium is being considered for a particle of toy that he may have
> > ingested.
>
> His stool is solid, he's not vomiting - what other symptoms is he
> displaying suggestive of an obstruction??
There are none as far as I know, unless they are considering the
bloating.
> >
> > At present time - Nic-Nac is receiving Albon, Pet Nutrived B
Comples
> > (generic to Pet Tinic) 0.25 BID and being souped every 4 to 5 hurs
> > for nutrition and hydration. ( soup consists of Carnivore Care,
> > Ground up Marshalls and alternating water and pedialyte. He eats
> > well, poop is solid, urnitation - normal - Gums pinker than
before,
> > eyes - bright but very little activity.
>
> So the only real clinical symptom at this time is 'little
activity'?
Little activity, the need to be souped and the huge belly.
> Plus swollen lymph nodes and enlarged spleen? I looked at the blood
> panel done on Nov. 12/08 and he is NOT anemic, RBC at 8.1 is well
within
> normal limits.
>
> Enlarged spleens are not an abnormal finding in ferrets.
>
> Swollen lymph nodes come with everything from Helicobacter to GI
> distress, including coccidia as well as more serious illnesses.
>
> BG is also normal (147) according to the chemistry/ blood panel
results
> posted.
>
> I am back to the heart murmur and cardiomyopathy, which could
explain
> much.
Well the Vet # 4 is one of the ones that noted it, as did my vet and
Vickie will be going to Vet # 4 so I would assume there will be more
on the heart, hopefully.
>
> An aside on a comment made earlier regarding seeing an Exotics
Vet. My
> vet is an Exotics Vet (we have them in Canada) and he still consults
> with American ferret knowledgeable colleagues. The speciality is
not
> the measure of the calibre of care received.
That was my comment made about the vet, my vet - vet # 3 is an exotic
and what I had considered to be an excellent vet - not inexpensive
but I felt he was the best. After being at the office with Vickie and
listening to his partner - I guess I felt somewhat uncomfortable with
him even though it was not the vet I see and was just questioning
things. I realize it is the calibre of care received, and looking
back a lot was done by Vet # 3 but he had even talked with Vickie
about putting Nic Nac down and to this day that really bothers me.
That he could have been that wrong.
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