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Tuesday I had some follow up bloodwork done for my 4 yo MF Male,
Frizzy. I was shocked by the results, I thought he was doing fine.
A few months ago he started acting a little less playful with bouts of
diarrhea and new litterbox habits (pooping in the middle of the kitchen
floor). Last year I lost two middleaged (4) private breeder ferrets
unexpectedly, one suspected liver failure, it was pretty sudden so I
had not testing done earlier. His cagemate died two months later having
been diagnosed with Kidney failure two months earlier. Needless to say
I wasn't taking any chances. I suspected Adrenal as the hair on his
tail is thinning but I brought him in for bloodwork just in case.
In August his results were
Test, results, normal range
Alkaline Phosphatase 534, normal 15-46
Phosphorus 3.6, normal 4.2-8.5
Sodium 171, normal 140-160
Chloride 126, normal 90-110
Globulin 2.7, normal 2.9-4.9
Hematocrit 40, normal 43.0-55.0
Tuesdays results were (handwritten so I'm not sure what they stand for)
ALT 432 (last test was 192)
Crea .5 (Creatinine?)
TP 4.9 (Total Protein?)
SAP 564 (?...is this the Alkaline Phosphatase?)
Glu 105 (Glucose?)
BUN 13 (BUN/Creatinine Ratio? last test was 70/or Urea Nitrogen
last test was 21)
Hematocrit 49
The vet is out of the office until Monday, the technician sounded
concerned but wanted me to talk to the vet...so great...am I killing
another one of my fuzzbutts somehow?
Does anyone have any insight on what this is telling me? And if there
is anything I can do?
[Posted in FML 5437]
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