From:
ferrethealer@aol.com
Date: 2009-06-24 01:10:03 UTC
Subject: Stress, pred and blood glucose Re: [ferrethealth] Digest Number 1562
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
In a message dated 06/23/09 1:22:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com writes:
> What is a likely scenario, can not eating (all day) and a stressful trip
> to the vets cause low blood glucose? Or, once the ferret is on pred, can
> the BG go up to a very healthy 110 mg/dl?
**While I have seen very ill ferrets have low blood sugars without having
insulinoma, most ferrets can certainly maintain a normal blood sugar even if
fasting. Stress will actually cause an increase in blood sugar rather than
a decrease. And absolutely I have seen ferrets with insulinoma develop
normal levels on pred.
So the most likely thing is that this is an insulinomic ferret with good
control on pred.**
Dr. Ruth
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