From:
"Amanda"
Date: 2011-10-13 21:55:34 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Unknown illness
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
She is stable now, no seizures, her temp is normal and she is at home on a liquid diet. She gets baytril orally/ear drops, clavamox and subQ fluids.
Her current issue is that she is walking in circles (to the right which is the side the ear infection was on) she will circle until she runs into something that she can bury her head in. If she comes to a wall then she will walk down the wall until she runs into something :(
The vet is unsure if this is related to the ear infection, a brain damage/tumor or if she could possibly be blind.
There were no ticks on her, I use revolution monthly. As for spider bites.. it could be possible but I did not see any marks on her that would indicate she had been bitten. I would imagine a poisionous one might swell or be very red. Her lab values indicated a normal blood glucose level when checked, actually slightly elevated so we don't think its insulinoma, but we will have her labs rechecked again probably next week.
Tressie for some reason I didn't get your email. My vet might be willing to chat with the specialist if they have any ideas of what I can do for her. My vet seems to think only a CT scan could rule out brain damage/tumor. I havent looked into the CT scan yet, I'd imagine its quite expensive and my bill right now is quite high which is why I havent called about it. He also mentioned a spinal tap but I would assume its too late to do that after a week of antibiotics.
-Amanda
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