Most often animals are on antifungals for 6 months or so before stopping with careful monitoring of labs and such. If you stop and start you are potentially...
Two of mine are chronic face lickers, and it doesn't matter if I'm wearing makeup or not. They will try and lick my hands when I have lotion on as well. I use...
How much of this are you giving. I have the same product and was going to give .5cc 2x daily..per someone's suggestion. Judy [Judy, Is this the past post you...
I also have the Freestyle mini for monitoring my insulinomic little guy Merry. It's really great coz it uses such a small sample, we can just lance his toe and...
I'm wondering if anyone has or would use Essiac in combination with chemo drugs? It seems like most who have tried Essiac, the ferrets have been on Pred. ...
Now that Whizbang is getting better at cleaning herself and we are checking her daily it is obvious that she has a cyst in her vulva which repeatedly swells...
He did so well yesterday, only vomited/regurgitated once and we thought maybe the heavy duty doses of Metaclopramide were starting to work, so this morning we...
Just a quick update on Uno. He seems to be doing very well, knock on wood. He was weaned off fluids, which were originally 25 cc lactated ringers 2x daily...
Just wanted to give an update on my green urine problem. It turns out my fuzzie has liver cancer. He has surgery Friday. He had one lobe of the liver...
Bite injuries usually get abscesses which are more dangerous than most cysts. They should be lanced and drained as soon as they are found. If left to burst on...
I have a family of six. Most recently i have posted about Blackie who has been ill with an unconfirmed diagnosis (either spinal injury or spinal lymphoma) My...
I am so sorry to hear it is liver cancer. My ferret who was not eating, etc. had/has issues with his liver. He is now acting normal and back to himself and...
Anastrozole (Arimidex) came up in something today so I decided to look it up in case others can also use having more details at their fingertips. These have...
Sukie Crandall
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Mar 2, 2009 7:50 pm
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I am using Essiac in combonation with Chemo. Perla gets 8mg of Cytoxin orally eveyr 3wks. She has had one dose of that, and one dose of IV Vincristine. ...
Pippin recently was hospitalized for a few weeks after he was diagnosed with diabetes and he came home bearing a respiratory virus which all but one of the...
It may be too late in the course of this possible viral outbreak but it is probably worthwhile if a vet thinks a virus is a possible cause to consider the use...
hello, I'm told you are the most knowledgeable ferret specialists in the country and I have very serious question. This is the situation, we have a 3lb...
I need help getting rid of this ringworm. I checked our archives and did not find the same exact circumstances I have.... I have the really old unadoptables...
Hi there, We know by now that my ferret doesn't have insulinoma. After the appointment I mentioned in the original post, the vet put her on pred. She took it...
Thanks for all the replies. I am continuing to offer nice warm soup, and steam baths in the bathroom. I did put another call into the vet who suggested...
Hi, Rita, An ultrasound may actually be a really good idea in terms of doing something that isn't invasive that will help tell what's going on. Last time I...
Hi Rita, I had a similar situation where my vet advised an ultrasound also. I was hesitant also becuz of the price, about $300. My boy Gus, had diarrhea...
Yes, nodal aspirates sometimes can give false readings (in either direction). If an ultrasound is done there are some things that it could accomplish: 1. If...
I have a 6 year old early alter male (MF), adrenal and on lupron since January 2007. Presented with enlarged spleen 2-3 months ago. At that time it did not...
I use a product from Peaceful Mountain that works very well with the ferrets when they have their outbreaks of pasteurella - it is called Sinus Rescue and it...
Xena, (original post 9282)is hanging in there so far (kidney failure). But now I have a problem giving sc fluids. Have looked at various sites describing sc...
When we have had to do it we don't change the position a lot. I don't know if you have ever had one, but if you have ever had a large dose of anesthesia into...
Hi Karen, I have a 4 year-old who underwent a splenectomy January 30th. He also had a large tumor removed that was attached to the spleen - miraculously...
... Karen, I have been through at least three splenectomies and have not had to make any lifestyle changes. My latest was Madison, just a few weeks ago. I...