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Post by weezz on Apr 20, 2011 19:47:14 GMT -5
Brownie will be 4 years old in June, she is one of our first ferrets (one of a pair we actually bought at a pet store). She has developed a Chordoma on the end of her tail. It isn't very big, but seems to be starting to bother her, so surgery is scheduled for Friday to amputate part of her tail. This is the first ferret we'll have to go through surgery with, so any tips, etc. on after surgery care would be appreciated. I am going to isolate her in the upper half of their FN, so she will still have familiar smells, etc. I do have a question about the last time she should be fed before surgery. The vet's office is saying 8-10 hours before we bring her in. That seems a long time without food for a ferret, especially if she isn't the first animal to go into surgery in the morning. For those of you that have had to bring a ferret in for a scheduled surgery, how long did they have to fast? Here's a pic of our little girl.
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Post by miamiferret2 on Apr 20, 2011 20:14:02 GMT -5
What a beautiful ferret! 8-12 hours sounds right. Take all of her food away and leave out a bowl of clear pedialyte. It has a little sugar in it so it will keep her BG up. She will be fine. Only time it is dangerous to fast a ferret for more than 4 or 5 hrs is when they have insulinoma. Hope the surgery goes well. I have seen those tumors before at the tip of a ferret tail. It should be a very fast surgery and recovery.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2011 20:22:04 GMT -5
Poor baby! I'll be praying for your baby.
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Post by katt on Apr 20, 2011 20:52:20 GMT -5
Aw Can you please take pictures of the Chordoma, as well as post surgery pics? It would be very helpful and I can add it to the Medical section in case anyone runs into this later.
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Post by goingpostal on Apr 20, 2011 21:29:02 GMT -5
Should be a easy quick surgery, probably won't hardly notice, we had a little tumor removed off a ferrets foot and other than the usual grogginess that day was absolutely fine, we keep surgery recover-ees in a big dog kennel with blankets on the floor, no jumping or craziness allowed for a few days. I've fasted normally around 6-8 hours. Also I like to remove litter and use paper towels or newspaper instead for those days.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2011 21:30:50 GMT -5
Aw Can you please take pictures of the Chordoma, as well as post surgery pics? It would be very helpful and I can add it to the Medical section in case anyone runs into this later. Great idea! It'd be a perfect reference
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Post by Heather on Apr 20, 2011 22:02:36 GMT -5
I would double check the surgery hours with the office. I don't like ferrets to go for that length of time, but they don't want to deal with vomiting and aspiration issues. Thor's last meal was at 3 am, his surgery was scheduled at 8 am...so 5 hrs. His surgery would be considered light too, he had a tumour removed from the back of his skull. The one way to set your mind at ease would be to do a pre-op blood work to rule out insulinoma issues. Please do post pre-op and post-op pics if you can for information purposes, it would be really appreciated She is adorable. ciao
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2011 4:31:16 GMT -5
She is a cutie! Will be praying for her. No matter how light the surgery, i know momma will be worried.
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Post by Sherry on Apr 21, 2011 9:55:25 GMT -5
You know what's odd? Our vet wants them eating right up until they come in. She says she prefers it that way, so they have more "reserves" to help them not only in surgery, but with recovery immediately following, since many don't want to eat at that time.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2011 13:24:51 GMT -5
Sherry - My vet was the same way with Jack. She kept a bowl of Carnivore care in his cage right up until he went into the OR. He didn't eat any (who would? the stuff is stinky) but she wanted him to eat if he was up to it...
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Post by Heather on Apr 21, 2011 13:32:51 GMT -5
Personally, I prefer it that way. I've had a couple of arguments with my vet in regard to wait times and eating before surgery. On that part we've yet to make a concensus. So far, we've not had a real issue, but then I don't do a lot of surgeries. I don't do adrenal surgeries and any of the emergency surgeries that I've had done the ferret is already not eating Thor has been my only recent scheduled surgery and he had no health issues, so I wasn't that concerned....he also had food in his cage until 7 am....I don't know when he stopped eating, he was sound asleep when I took him out to go to the vets. They had no problems with him, so that's how I treat it. ciao
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Post by maddy on Apr 21, 2011 15:09:13 GMT -5
I hope it all goes well! I may have one up for surgery in June and am soo nervous about it too. I will keep little Brownie in my thoughts and prayers.
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Post by kainslie1 on Apr 21, 2011 16:13:55 GMT -5
What a cutie! Good luck on the surgery.
When my guys got surgery, I fed him at 6 o'clock that morning, and he had surgery at 9:45 (i think) so I did little to no fasting. The vet said because of their fast digestive system, there isn't much need for it.
I also brought food for him as a post op snack.
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Post by shilohismygirl on Apr 21, 2011 17:59:33 GMT -5
I'll have brownie in my thoughts! She's a beautiful girl!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2011 21:35:56 GMT -5
Awwwwww, such a beautiful picture of her. I will say a prayer that her surgery goes well and that you will be at ease. It's so hard on the ferrent to worry about their little one.
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