Message Number: FHL7365 | New FHL Archives Search
From: "Tony Clarke"
Date: 2009-01-04 22:58:43 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Kidney disease or another opinion
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com

--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "Mary Jo" <o__MY@...> wrote:
>
> I didn't worry too much about the low glucose because they pulled
> the blood at 1:30 on a Saturday afternoon. She had never really
> showed any signs of insulinoma before this, no staring, no
> lethargy, no foaming at the mouth etc. I just assumed as Suki did
> that the blood had sat around and the Glucose had been eaten up.
> She was much to alert to have had an actual 23 BG.

Even so 23 is very low and you don't need other clinical signs if it
is below 60.

See for confirmation...
http://www.afip.org/consultation/vetpath/ferrets/PDF/insulinoma.pdf

Don't completely disregard it as it certainly fits with being a
possible causative of some of the other problems.

Tony (not a vet), Sugar and Suki.
In memory of Sally and Sue.


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