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Just thought I'd add my experience.
I had a ferret that had become ill. She was lethargic, losing weight, and
grinding her teeth. I brought her to the vet, but they couldn't figure it
out and at the time I didn't know much about ferrets. They told me to take
her home and keep an eye on her. I brought her back about a week later
because she wasn't getting any better. They took radiographs, did an
ultrasound and finally drew some blood. Radiographs were normal, ultrasound
revealed a mass behind the liver -- but they thought it might be the spleen
because they couldn't find it. Unfortunately, when they took a blood
sample, her blood was almost like water. Her PCV (packed cell volume) was
less than 10%. I decided to have her euthanized. At necropsy they found a
ruptured gastric ulcer with severe peritonitis. If caught early enough and
treated, perhaps tragedy can be prevented.
Lisa, Daisy and Squirt
[Posted in FML issue 1629]
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