From:
"SukieC"
Date: 2010-08-16 17:23:38 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Looking for some advice/help
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Notice the info at bottom below your post and DO be sure to read the links and give that info to your vet.
Again, have the ultrasounds of chest and of abdomen been done, and has an ultrasound guided aspirate from the spleen been done?
Besides being large what does the vet say that the spleen feels and looks like? Lumpy? Uneven margins?
Also, if Prednisone is being given instead of Prednisolone your vet will want to chance to Prednisolone if lymphoma is still suspected.
In ferrets if the liver is at all compromised then Prednisone often does not work at all, or works very little.
That is because the form the body needs to utilize this med is the Prednisolone one.
When Prednisone is given their livers must convert it to Prednisolone for the body to use it. If the liver is compromised then the med is not converted and is useless.
So, skip the liver processing step and give ferrets Prednisolone instead of Prednisone.
What is below your post to be sure to read
(and be sure to use the links and read those
and share them with your vet):
>
>
> [The Vena Cava is the largest vein in the body,
> a structure which returns blood to the heart but
> I have never heard of any adrenal tumor causing
> the scenario you fear. What usually happens is
> if an adrenal tumor gets large enough then the
> Cava can finally tear and death occurs suddenly
> from a bleed-out. That is the likely eventual
> fate of one of our girls, Mornie, who is still dashing
> around full speed despite being a 7 year old with
> arthritis, because she has a huge carcinoma there
> and really is not a surgical candidate but Suprelorin
> implant is giving her a large amount of quality time.
> So, if there are heart problems they will be in the
> heart itself.
>
> Has a chest and abdomen ultrasound been done yet?
> Ultrasound guided needle aspirate from the spleen?
>
> NEITHER heart problems NOR lymphoma will be
> curable, but part of the problem is that if this is
> heart disease rather than lymphoma (and not all
> lymphoma causes enlarged lymph nodes) then you
> need to realize that Prednisolone and Prednisone
> are hard on the heart.
>
> If it is heart disease only two of the categories of
> meds that are possible to use are being used. A
> chest ultrasound will tell which others can be tried.
> See past posts such as
> http://ferrethealth.org/archive/FHL2433
> http://ferrethealth.org/archive/FHL2306
>
> If an ultrasound can not be done and the added
> possible meds can not be tried then it might be
> time for a mercy shot unless your vet can direct
> you to someone more experienced in ferrets who
> has access to the needed equipment, or unless you
> can find the sort of expert you need in resources
> like
> http://ferrethealth.org/vets/
>
> If you say in general terms where you are located
> portion of state or provence in which country then
> someone here may know who in your area might
> be useful as a veterinarian.
>
> -- Moderator (SDC)]
>
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