From:
"Susan Liszewski DVM"
Date: 2009-02-21 19:38:12 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Uno not eating again
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
I had an icteric ferret in the past I treated. We ended up going in
and doing an exploratory since we suspected biliary obstruction.
This could be from a mass compressing it OR in our case he just had
contents that were so thick it couldn't pass. We opened the GB and
flushed it out checked everything else inclucing that the duct was
open then closed it back up and looked around the rest of the
insides. No cancer and he came back from surgery so quickly and did
so well in general we couldn't have been happier. He was 3 at the
time and lived to a rip old age of 9yrs (not sure if he could have
been older he was a rescue). So make sure something isnt missed
since you won'd fully resolve the signs if it is. You might be able
to get more info with ultrasound too if you don't want to do surgery
right away but you end up spending a lot more in the long run and if
you can't afford it then you need to choose. Hope this helps a bit.
Best of luck to you and Uno.
Dr. Sue
TLC First Animal Hospital
Chicago, IL
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "weaseluva" <weaseluva@...>
wrote:
>
> Uno is back to grinding his teeth and not wanting to eat again! I
> spoke with Dr and she said that he has cholestasis and she thinks
> that the fluids he was getting for treatment helped wash the bile
out,
> that is why his pee was a bright staining yellow color. He will be
> starting amoxicillin tonight. She also said she still suspects
> lymphoma as did the ultrasound person.
>
> So now I am going to be sub-qing him 2x daily and have to keep him
in a
> separate cage or pen so I can watch the color of his urine. She
said
> she doubts he has a ulcer as there is no "digested blood" or tarry
> stool. He ate a whole bowl of soup last night! and was so bright!
He
> is back to where we started. I really thought/hoped we had a
answer.
>
> Will keep you updated on him.
>
> Eleanor and Uno
>
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