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Hi everyone!
Thanks again to everyone that replied to my cry for help and information
- you have all been so informative.
Wally had his heart ultrasound and EKG yesterday - This was his
assessment:
1) No Ferret Cardiomyopathy, but
2) Aortic Valvular Insufficiency - cause possible infection or
degenerative - (basically he has a leaky heart valve. The infection idea
worries me because I don't let them go outside but I guess I could bring
germs into the ferrets - The vet put him on another 10 day dose of
Amoxidrops).
3) Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Dilation
4) Congestive Heart Failure Controlled at this time.
He is now on 5 medications: Amoxidrops 2x a day, Enalapril 1x every other
day, Lasix 1x a day, Atenolol 1x a day, And Taurine 3x a week. Hopefully
this will help him out.
The Deaf Ferret - when I stopped into her office yesterday to pick
up meds for Wally I discussed her neck still swelling. I have an
appointment for her on Thursday - me vet is thinking that it may be
Lymphoma - I'm still hoping its not but hopefully I will find out soon.
The poor thing had a tumor removed from her tail 2 years ago - the
adrenal tumor removed 2 months ago. She is a strong fat little thing
so hopefully she will be okay.
Cuca - Thanks everyone for the information on insulinoma. I spoke to my
vet yesterday afternoon and she had mentioned the very same thing. Thank
goodness because she had a small episode last night and I quickly got
sugar into her and she was okay. She goes in at the end of this week
for her Luperin shot - so I am going to ask the vet to check her blood
glucose and ask about pedia pred.
Thanks again everyone - it is nice to know that there are other loving
concerned ferret owners out there.
jennifer
[Posted in FML issue 4916]
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