From:
"Tressie"
Date: 2011-07-05 19:14:29 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: HELP! Two ferrets died in sleep
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
I found that too with my ferret who developed a high grade 2nd degree heart block. She would literally wilt and become immobilized if the temperature varied by as little as 5 degrees.
Interesting discourse!
Tressie
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "SukieC" <sukie@...> wrote:
...
> One added thing that is very important for those who have
> ferrets who have cardiomyopathy: those ferrets are especially
> vulnerable to temperature changes, and the more advanced the
> illness becomes the more vulnerable they are. I learned that
> from a vet who had himself had a ferret with cardiomyopathy.
> We even had a better thermostat put in then so that the temperature
> would not vary by more than 2 degrees.
>
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