To the resident Vets: Our ferret Bambi, a three year old female, last week developed jaundice. We took her to our vet and his diagnosis was a disfunction of the liver. He did blood work and urinalysis and prescribed the following medications. Baytril 22.7 mg 1/4 tablet twice a day APO-Prednisone 5mg 1/4 tablet once a day Low protein feed, and 1/4 Felo-bit vitamin tablet once daily Her skin tone has become very yellow, and although she is still active and eating and drinking normally, she is urinating very frequently and in large amounts. We are following this regimen faithfully and are hoping for the best. Our only questions are, is this a common problem that you have dealt with before and, do you have any further ideas as to what we could do to help in this situation. Any comments would be much appreciated as we are really distraught and are looking for any help we can get. Thanks in Advance The results of her blood work are as follows: Biochemistry comments on sample-Icteric all values in International (metric) units A/G ratio .5 Albumin 20 Alk. Phos. 930 ALT 1604 Amylase 14 AST 235 Bilirubin T. 559 Bilirubin C. 378 Bilirubin Free 181 Calcium 2.16 Chloride 105 Cholesterol 10.4 CK 210 Creatinine ' Glucose 4.5 Phosphorus 2.02 Potassium 4.3 Protein (serum) 59 Sodium 145 Urea 9.3 Gamma GT 229 Hematology WBC 8.0 RBC 8.50 Hemoglobin 140 PCV 0.45 MCV 52 Differential % Neutrophils 56.0 Lymphocytes 33.0 Monocytes 1.0 Eocinophils 10.0 RBC Morphology Target Cells occ. Platelet Estimate normal Shift Platelets -ve **************************************************** Cathy and Don Ruetten [log in to unmask] http://www.waterloo.net/~noop/index.htm **************************************************** [Posted in FML issue 1542]