From:
"Jerri Carel"
Date: 2009-05-27 02:24:58 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Looking for ferret vet with ferret size endoscope........
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
I also posted this on the "other.....or former"?? FHL.
This is Jerri Carel with The Ferret Haven in Louisville, KY. Please
forgive the large audience I'm directing this e-mail to - but we're
really up against a wall here.
We have a 3 yr old ferret who has a "fixable" blockage but no vets in
the area with a small enough endoscope for the proceedure.
The blockage is IN the esophagus at the level of thoracic vert. 4/5/6.
We're told we'd need an endoscope of size 3 to 3.5, (I assume that's
mm??), to go in and try to pull the blockage out or push it through to
the intestine level.
[Name removed per rules] Univ in Ohio has one, but will charge $1000 for the scope
proceedure. That's just not possible on a shelter budget. They would
also do a thorocotomy if the scope did not work - at $3,000.
If anyone knows of a vet who may have the right tools, (and possibly a
little compassion in the billing department.....payments??.....our vet
would confirm we ALWAYS pay our bills), I would greatly appreciate your
assistance in getting their info to me or mine to them.
I am willing to take vacation days and drive quite a distance. There's
probably limits - CA is out of the question but as far west as CO,
anywhere in the South or East.
Thank You - on behalf of Zeus, the little ferret found wandering around
an apartment complex behind a mall, who really, really deserves a chance
at a full, healthy life!
THANK YOU!
Jerri Carel
The Ferret Haven
Louisville, KY
502-439-0923 cell
ferretmomjc@yahoo.com <mailto:ferretmomjc@yahoo.com>
[Hopefully, the edit to remove university clinic
name per rules works. One of tonight's posts
took 9 tries to get things to work. Hence a
reminder to people to read the administrative
post sent earlier today.
BTW, if you sent to the first URL we had someone
started a second FHL there but i think it folded, and
the second location we had was Smartgroups which
went away completely so we moved to this URL.
-- Moderator]
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