Do you know if the enzyme levels were raised before the medication? Some
medications can cause raised liver enzymes. If the damage is reversible the
levels will come down when the medication is stopped(sometimes the damage can be
permanent). Certain enzyme levels point to certain illnesses/diseases. Do you
know which enzymes were raised? ferretmomCindy


--- In ferretsfertswoozles@yahoogroups.com, "Deanna" <ric_deanna@...> wrote:
>
> Forgive me for these lengthy post. I have been on you group for awhile and I
don't normally post. I am sorry for that. When I was reading the post
regularly I seemed like I was always upset because someones' poor baby had
passed and I got off the computer every night with a heavy heart and I just
couldn't take it for awhile.
>
> Anyway to get to my point, My name is Deanna and I have two ferrets, both two
years old. One is a sable, his name is Bandit and the other is a DEW, his name
is Whitey. He is deaf. Recently, at the beginning of June I started noticing
that Whitey was losing weight and he wasn't eating like he should. He's a small
ferret anyway. About 1.5 lbs. so I could tell rather quickly that he was losing
weight. I took him to the vet and they did a fecal and said he had bacteria in
his feces, so they gave me Flagl to use for 7 days. After the course of
treatment he still wasn't eating, I have been supplementing his food with I
guess my version of duck soup. I take chicken baby food, water, his kibble
crushed and a drop of whipping cream mix it together and warm it up. It makes a
soupy, watery consistency. Anyway, he will only eat this, but the problem is,
he doesn't act sick, he just doesn't want to eat, so I only feed him 4 times a
day and I don't get up every four hours. I could be making a mistake by not
doing this, but I didn't think I should since he doesn't act sick. He's playful
and runs around. His eyes are bright, his nose pink, he looks healthy. So
anyway I called the vet and she wanted to try carafate and tylan and she also
wanted to worm him, so we did this and that didn't help. So we went back to the
vet today and they did another fecal, urinalysis and blood work. She said
everthing looked fine except he had something that was high on the liver test.
I'm sorry I don't remember exactly what it was. I am going to call tomorrow.
Oh and this time the fecal came back fine, so no more bacteria there. She gave
me Amoxicillian and Choline and SamE to support his live and help it to work
more effeciently. She thinks it could be an infection. I am really worried.
He is only two and I am a worrisome person anyway, so my first thought is liver
cancer or something else could affect the liver. Of couse, searching on the
internet didn't help, only to make me worry more. I am already worried and
crying because I don't want to lose my baby and I know if it's not an infection,
it is something bad. I know you can't live without a liver.
> Anyway, has anyone heard of a liver infection, or had this happen and if so
please give me any information you may have.
> I hope I haven't left anything out.
> My second request is please pray for my baby, Whitey, I can't imagine my live
without him and they have such a short lifespan anyway. I don't want to lose
him so soon. I have read of such loss lately of all they fuzzies passing to the
Rainbow Bridge and it really has me worried.
> To everyone who have lost their babies I will be praying for your comfort and
for your other ferrets who have lost ones that they love.
> Thanks so much for listening.
>
> God Bless you all
> Deanna
> Whitey and Bandit
>