If you are using wood shavings in the cage at all be sure to get rid of all wood shavings and clean the cage. Use only pieces of fabric such as sweatshirts and...
Hi Tony, Thank you for replying to my post! I brought her to a good vet and after blood work x rays and ultrasound, good news its not ascites its not fluid at...
Anyone ever heard of a young kit (6 months old) having hypoglycemia? I read in one of my ferret vet books this can be caused (in young kits) because of...
... The liver problem was an hemangiosarcoma which had infiltrated 90% of her liver, it was inoperable and she was allowed to pass on the table. Neither I or...
At the beginning of September I posted about my ferret Vivi (Message #3847), when she suddenly became ill. She's 7 years old, and was showing symptoms that...
I have seen this with ferrets that aren't eating due to a foreign body obstruction. Unfortuately he was misdiagnosed for 2 weeks elsewhere and by the time we...
Does a haemangiosarcoma of the liver count as liver cancer? I thought it was a cancer of the blood vessels and in this case it happened in the liver. I had a...
... Quote (wikipaedia) Hemangiosarcoma is a rare, rapidly growing, highly invasive variety of cancer. It is a blood-fed sarcoma; that is, blood vessels grow ...
In a message dated 11/02/07 4:42:23 AM Eastern Standard Time, ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com writes: Anyone ever heard of a young kit (6 months old) having ...
Male ferret, age 5, had adrenal surgery last year around September/October 2006. Grew back some fur, stopped being aggressive. Then a few months after surgery,...
It has been my experience that there are times that humans, vets included, don't like to admit they have no idea what happened. I am aware of absolutely no...
Many thanks for this info on ulcers. I'm going to give the Pepcid a try with Vivi and see how that does for her tummy. She also got an injection of Ivermectin...
The post you are refering to is about my boy Koda. He was given a shot of Ivermectin and started having seizures that next morning. This all happened in July,...
Recall of over a million pounds for E. coli, a bacterium which has been documented to be able to cause illness or death in domestic ferrets and BFFs: ...
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... aggressive. ... When Dear Laryssa: the most common cause of unexpected sudden deaths in ferrets is severe hemorrhage due to a large gastric ulcer. In the...
I have a question and would like to direct this to Dr. Williams if possible. What causes REACTIVE Lymphoma? I have lost 2 ferrets to this and the lab results...
I've been searching the archives and read Dr. Williams adrenal disease article and looked on Mike Janke's adrenal disease/ insulinoma ferret health care pages....
These Ivermectin symptoms brought up here sound quite a bit like symptoms which occur in dog breeds with ivermectin sensitivity. Collies and related breeds...
Reactive tends to mean "Beginning again" or "in response to" There are also causes of enlarged nodes which are reactive (as in response to serious infection)...
In a message dated 11/04/07 4:47:27 AM Eastern Standard Time, ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com writes: I was told by the vet that I made a mistake and should not...
Sorry that I can't answer some of your questions, Uli, but there have been multiple studies showing that giving melatonin tends to often not work after a...
A clarification: The things I found did NOT call lymphomas reactive but do speak of non-lymphoma reactive lymphadenopahies, and I wonder at your use of...
Dr. Sue and Dr. Ruth, Thanks so much for the responses. I really appreciate when vets take the time to respond. Many thanks to all others who responded, too....
Thank you, Dr. Williams! You mention that there is an area which very rapidly causes death if that particular area becomes ulcerated. Is there a time frame...
Our experience with one who suddenly ulcerated in the wrong location was that nothing tried (oral liquid prep of Carafate spaced away from meds or foods, IV,...
Laryssa, I have had two experiences with perforated gastric ulcer within a few weeks of each other in 2004. Oscar was my 5 year old "floppy" boy. He could not...
I missed this one. Bravo raw pet food: http://www.nationalpetfoundation.com/foods/bravo.html Thank goodness Eleanor put up the Hartz vitamin recall on the FML,...
Clarification: we do not personally feed raw, but I DO like to be able to notify FHL members when a recall happens to hopefully avert illness in ferrets....
