DR. WILLIAMS I TOOK BUD IN TO TALK TO MY VET AND HE DECIDED TO TRY AND DIE
IN THE WAITING ROOM.  HE STARTED DROOLING AND EXPELLING ALL THE AIR IN HIS
LUNGS AN D THEN STOPPED MOVING COMPLETELY.  WE GAVE HIM PEDIAPRED(IV),
GLUCOSE (IV), SAL INE (SUBCU) AND NUTRIACAL (WHICH HE COULDN'T SWALLOW).  IT
TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR TO BRING HIM BACK TO A POINT WHERE HE COULD PICK HIS HEAD
UP AND EAT THE NUTRIACAL ON HIS OWN.  HIS HEART RATE AND BREATHING WERE
ALMOST NO EXSISTANT.  I HAVE HIM ON PEDIAPRED TWICE A DAY (1CC EACH TIME)
AND NURIACAL.  HE SEEMS TO EAT NORMAL FOOD BUT STILL RUNS OUT OF ENERGY.
WE CHECKED HIS GLUCOSE LEVEL ON FRIDAY AND IT'S AT 80.  WE CHECKED ONE OF
MY OTHER FERRETS AND HIS LEVEL IS 120.  BUD HEART RATE SEEMS TO BE STAYING
AROUND 160 PER MINUTE.  ARE THERE ANY OTHER WAYS TO GET HIS GLUCOSE LEVELS
UP?  MY VET SEEMS TO THINK SURGERY MIGHT NOT BE A OPTION BECAUSE OF THE LOW
HEART RATE?  THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP !  HI EVERYBODY.  IS THERE ANYONE OUT
THERE WHO KNOWS A GOOD FERRET VET IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA?  THE STATE
COLLEGE AREA?  I BROUGHT HOME A FERRET LAST NIGHT.  IT LOOKED SO HOPELESS
AT THE PET STORE, 4 MONTHS OLD AND HADN'T HAD A BATH IN 2 MONTHS.  SHE IS A
SIAMESE WITH NO MASK.  SHE LOOKS LIKE A SQEASEL TO ME.
 
[Posted in FML issue 0874]