For your highly informative post on the Alpha Trak. I love learning!

We've found that some ferrets simply clot too fast to be gotten from a
stick, but have not learned techniques for syringing out blood because
that is too tricky. We DO find that the needles of syringes have a
better chance as the stick (instead of hte lance) of getting blood, but
again some of ours simply clot so easily that we can't get readings
with the amount of blood available.

Some people prefer sticking the tail, some prefer sticking the paw,
some the ear flap. If the location is warmed the chances of getting
enough blood improve.

Sukie (not a vet)

Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
http://www.miamiferret.org/
http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
all ferret topics:
http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html
"All hail the procrastinators for they shall rule the world tomorrow."
(2010, Steve Crandall)
On change for its own sake:  "You can go really fast if you just jump
off the cliff." (2010, Steve Crandall)

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