Why wouldn't they let you be with your little guy during the gas proceedure? I would never let them take my ferret to the back room to euthanize. Every...
Our exotics vet achieves "a surgical level of anesthesia" before they proceed with the cardiac injection, first using a dissociative anesthetic, then gas. I...
I'm surprised that the oil would not attack the plastic of the mask. Those must be made of a different plastic than I thought that they were, which just goes...
Now that's a trusting vet how much if you don't mind me asking did the operation cost, I have one ferret that is adrenal and I need to know what I am up...
... I have one ferret that is adrenal and I need to know what I am up against I never enter a battle w/out knowing my ground lay ... It is usually worthless to...
I have a 4 mon old ferret and just recently he has started coughing. nothing else has changed just his occasional hack. nothing comes out it's a dry...
Since this is occasional it is probably okay BUT our own habit is to always have a ferret who does not usually cough x-rayed if coughing starts. There are two...
Hi Yesterday one of my ferrets knocked some books down and they made quite a thud as they landed beside Carissima. Carissima has cataracts so does not see...
I suspect that you nailed the cause right on the head. Watch her, though, to be safest and see my reply on the coughing ferret in case it may help you at all....
Try and use some ferret lax he may have hair balls if he throws up or runs fever take him to vet but wait for the others to respnd also and sukie is smart when...
Oh, gosh. Now I am blushing so my face is practically magenta. What I am going to say is a bit off topic, but maybe not because it gets across why it's...
My vet only charges $250 for the adrenal surgery. But, there is a BIG difference in the Mpls/St Paul metro area. He is like the traditional 'country vet'. He...
Thanks, I'm just needing some suggestions so when i go back to the vet i have a game plan, b/c the only vet in my area is not firm. w/ ferrets at all....thank...
Something important that forgot to mention: In the NYC region (and maybe elsewhere?) there is a nasty influenza going around. A friend of ours wound up...
The fact that he isn't shedding doesn't mean he hasn't ingested any hair. If you're not giving a hairball remedy on a regular basis I'd suggest you start. They...
I'm new here, i joined because I have a problem, and I'm hoping someone can help. I think my ferret has a prolapsed rectum. What is the best thing to do...
... Yikes! I am a very claustrophibic person so this description gave me the heebie-jeebies!! LOL My vet inserts a catheter and pushes the solution through...
As others have already posted costs vary considerably for the same procedures. Any sort of ferret surgery in my area (Halifax, Nova Scotia) runs around...
I just had to help my first little one along in October. My vet let me have a few minutes just me and my little boy....then, while I was holding him, my vet...
I guess I'd better not leave a job too far unfinished, right? Some people might want to skip right to the ferret health links below the text. The list is far...
... 2.000 to 2.600 ouch ... I just had to book adrenal surgery for my little 10 month old girl, she has all the symptoms, swollen vulva, big belly, hair loss...
I'm in the KC metro area and I know of a great ferret vet who does adrenal and insulinoma surgeries for an average of $250. I have one vet who sees my kids...
We all already know that costs of surgery vary A LOT between different regions, AND THAT THERE ARE *LEGITIMATE* REASONS FOR THAT TO BE THE CASE. It may be best...
A newcomer wrote that she found this cold so perhaps I'd better explain the basis of my thoughts. The topic is one which could be useful for people who are...
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