FERRET-SEARCH@LISTSERV.FERRETMAILINGLIST.ORG
|
|
Date: |
Wed, 18 Sep 1996 12:12:48 EDT |
Subject: |
|
From: |
|
Parts/Attachments: |
|
|
Karen-
Have they ruled out renal failure? Maybe you're dealing with two different
things...
I'm so sorry-- it must have been awful for you.
It seems ferret mystery illnesses keep popping up. My ferret Bean has now
had two life-threatening illnesses, seemed about to die, and then just *got
better.* The first was characterized by no stomach motility (as seen
throughja barium x-ray) and slow starvation. The second we *thought* was
classic isulinoma. Two months ago she started having (what I thought were)
low blood sugar seizures: clamped teeth, near coma, staggering, weakness,
retching,and weight loss. I started feeding her various herbal supplements
every few hours, which kept the blood sugar stable. The vet took a CBC and
she was borderline hypoglycemic (about a 65 or so.) A few weeks ago she
started eating on her own, and hasn't had a seizure in about a month. I
just caught her ten minutes ago trying to escape from the kitchen window...
so she's back to her old antics. I have *no* idea if insulinoma goes into
remission like this- spontaneously - but I'm glad she's over it for now.
Weird.
---- [log in to unmask] Andrea M ----- [log in to unmask]
Love to all weasels everywhere from the happy ferret house
Whitman, Joon, Benny, Bean, Hopi and angels Frito and Kadi
-Jumpier " than a ferret on a double espresso" - Dennis Miller-
----- "I've got spots, I've got .. stripes, too." - Ani Di Franco----
[Posted in FML issue 1696]
|
|
|