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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2016 9:24:29 GMT -5
That poor baby I hope everything is alright! Please keep us updated.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2016 9:28:27 GMT -5
She has plenty of Spunk. She just bit me really hard while I was trying to give her Sub Q. She has enough in her to fight And she still eats without needing to be syringed. Sounds like she may be feeling a little better hopefully she'll get back to full health.
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Post by msav on Feb 8, 2016 19:33:49 GMT -5
This morning she was back to her old self. (of-course it was vet day I am all better now)
Anyways vet took xrays and bloodwork. She said she felt a lump near her spleen.
I will post up xrays and bloodwork numbers shortly.
Vet wants to remove the lump, she suggests an ultrasound first and then removal of the lump.
I am not sure about putting an 8 year old ferret through surgery. For some reason my ferrets and surgery never end well.
She was on kibble for the first 5 years of her life so I am not sure what other ailments are coming after this one.
I am hoping that I can get other opinions for others here after looking at the xray and bloodwork. If you look in the xray on the bottom near her spin you will see the lump slightly overlapping the spine.
The vet says that if this grow larger it could put pressure on lower intestines causing other problems.
Mind you the bloodwork was taken with cassia still slightly dehydrated and she had not eaten much that morning.
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Post by msav on Feb 8, 2016 20:35:37 GMT -5
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Post by Sherry on Feb 10, 2016 0:50:51 GMT -5
Have you and the vet considered higher doses of pred to help shrink the mass? It has worked wonders for Odin. He has one on his liver and has been on 1.1 ml of pred 2X a day for well over a year now with no real issues. For whatever reason he has never developed the pred belly that is common with insulinoma ferrets.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2016 9:06:03 GMT -5
I confess that I would be reluctant to put an 8 year old Ferret through surgery and anesthesia. I'm sending healing thoughts and wishes that your Cassia feels better and has much more time with her family.
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Post by msav on Feb 10, 2016 9:34:24 GMT -5
Cassia is being treated like a little princess now. she sleeps in our bed, had free roam of the bedroom while we are gone. Gets syringes of water given to her, gets soup fingered or spooned to her, I have not had to give her any sub Q since Sunday night. She has a great appetite and nearly eats the whole 3 oz of soup I give her.
right now she still has some quality of life. We are just now on dehydration watch. I don't know how long she would have if we put her through surgery.
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Post by Sherry on Feb 10, 2016 11:33:13 GMT -5
I can't blame you. I don't think I would be either.
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Post by unclejoe on Feb 10, 2016 16:46:26 GMT -5
Surgery can be rough on ferrets, to be sure. If she was younger, maybe I'd do it, but only with a very experienced vet. I trusted one of the better ferret vets in around when I was in Florida to pull some of Eddie's teeth and he didn't make it. He was over 5 but true age unknown. I'd also see about pred before I consented to surgery. And hopefully the u/s will determine exactly where and how serious the lump is.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2016 17:52:48 GMT -5
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Post by msav on Aug 10, 2016 10:16:31 GMT -5
Update!
It has been several months since Cassia was given a death sentence. We only had one additional bout of Dehydration in July where I had to give her more subQ. We kept giving her soup figuring that that would be the best thing for her since she lost her upper canines, She got really thin and skinny and was just skin and bones. She then got a hold of one of the other ferrets Quail and chowed down ignoring her soup altogether. We gave her Mouse that she never used to eat and she chowed it down. SO we ditched the soup and started giving her just whole prey.
Since then She has been eating like mad, she has put on a ton of weight, and seems like her old self. She no longer is a bag of bones and she seems very healthy.
anyone ever see a sickly ferret eat like crazy gaining weight?
I will post a new picture of her up later today.
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Post by Sherry on Aug 10, 2016 10:41:04 GMT -5
Oh so glad to hear this! Not sure what if any treatment you have given her in the interim, but even if just a a switch to whole prey it seems to have worked
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Post by Heather on Aug 10, 2016 10:48:39 GMT -5
This is fantastic :boing: . Great work. It's funny (as in funny weird not funny haha) how sometimes they seem to know just what they need. ciao
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Post by msav on Aug 10, 2016 15:04:58 GMT -5
Here is a photo of her a couple of months ago. does not look that bad in this photo but she did get a bit thinner before she started putting the weight back on. Here is a photo from today, eating a chunk of rabbit
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Post by msav on Aug 10, 2016 15:14:38 GMT -5
Oh so glad to hear this! Not sure what if any treatment you have given her in the interim, but even if just a a switch to whole prey it seems to have worked No treatment besides the SubQ. I put her on Deathwatch to see if she was in pain or in misery, to take her to the vet to help her cross the bridge. I almost did in July when I had to keep her fluids up giving 40cc of fluid twice a day. However she did rebound after 3 or 4 days of fluids. right now she is really doing well and has a great appetite. She has eaten darn near a whole quail in a day. I wondered where she put it all.
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