From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2010-08-20 17:27:22 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Baking soda questions
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
BTW, I meant to write "seizures" but was thinking ahead and
instead wrote "clots" earlier so I am altering part of a
comment I had in another post.
I was unable to find any ferret info on the use of baking soda
for ferrets with kidney issues, and am interested if there
has been such work on members of Carnivora, but have
lacked time to look more closely due to some very demanding
issues for older family members recently.
Are there such studies in members of Carnivora?
When is it useful vs. when would it be a bad idea?
Counter-indications? Medical Conflicts?
grams/kg weight and dosing schedule?
I'm hoping for actual studies if possible but open to
reading and weighing other sources of relevant data.
>
> Just a few days ago I happened on a cause of [seizures] that I
> never knew about. A person suggested sodium bicarbonate
> (baking soda) for Hilbert because some studies in humans
> show that some people with kidney problems are greatly
> helped by it. It turns out that like any medical approach
> it can go wrong if the amount of the baking soda is wrong
> and one of the things that can happen is seizures ...
>
> Now, these were only human studies, but I did not find any
> in ferrets that appeared to be applicable to the search I
> was doing that day:
> http://www.la-press.com/forty-years-abuse-of-baking-soda-rhabdomyolysis-glomerulonephritis-hyp-article-a869
>
Sukie (not a vet)
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