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Post by Heather on May 23, 2015 16:08:15 GMT -5
Please keep us posted as to her condition. As with each event we become involved and we also learn from these events. Good luck little one ciao
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2015 16:12:15 GMT -5
Her discharge changed back to normal white-yellowish, and since she eats normally and has no fever we decided to let her until tommorow/monday. If everything is ok, monday we will go to a vet who is an imagist to perfom an ultrasonography, as we weren't able to see clearly kits ( as we have the ecograph for dogs and cats and not small animals like ferrets )
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Post by crazylady on May 24, 2015 12:43:38 GMT -5
Hi it sounds to me like your facing either a phantom or your close to a due date lol its her secret and she is not ready to tell you yet lol good luck with your little girl keep us updated take care bye for now Bev
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Post by FireAngel on May 25, 2015 14:29:10 GMT -5
How did it go today?
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2015 16:02:29 GMT -5
Took blood, sent it to the lab, tommorow will get the results Fingers crossed
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Post by FireAngel on May 25, 2015 16:04:32 GMT -5
No imaging available today then? Darn.
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Post by crazylady on May 25, 2015 16:14:36 GMT -5
wow the first jill to get a pregnancy test done via blood ! ( brain ticking over here maybe we could design a ferret pregnancy wand lol ) good luck with your baby let us know how things work out take care bye for now Bev
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Post by unclejoe on May 25, 2015 17:33:17 GMT -5
I didn't even think to suggest a pee test until I read about the blood test.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 0:05:48 GMT -5
pregnancy test ? :-O we took blood for WBC and RBC counts to rule out pyometra
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Post by Heather on May 26, 2015 2:04:14 GMT -5
How is she? It doesn't appear to be pyometra...not if she's eating well. Now wouldn't be awesome if we could confirm pregnancy with a urine test lol ciao
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Post by unclejoe on May 26, 2015 6:56:33 GMT -5
I just wonder if it would work. It tests for one hormone only present in pregnant women. I have no Idea if a preggers jill would produce a hormone close enough to show +. Breeders? Anyone willing to try it?
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Post by crazylady on May 26, 2015 11:58:48 GMT -5
lol The next jill I breed I will try it uncle joe lol you know out of our madness we may come up with an idea that could save a lot of breeders the worry and cost of scans ! lol pity the animal industry cant jump on the band wagon and produce one ! after all a ferret test would work for a cat too ! lol I can just see my jills now ha ha ha come on dear be a darling and pee on this for mommy lol take care bye for now Bev
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Post by RedSky on May 26, 2015 13:51:13 GMT -5
I would have thought that even if your could test to see if they have any pregnancy hormones in their urine (or even blood) would it not be the same for any false pregnancies? I suppose a blood test would give an actual number, where as a 'wand' type would just be one line or two... Would still be pretty great, if you can get your ferret to pee on it...
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 13:54:08 GMT -5
It would be simple enough to get a ferret to pee on a stick. Just tell them that the stick is not for peeing. Then leave it lying around. It will get wet quite quickly. little 's.
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Post by unclejoe on May 26, 2015 14:36:36 GMT -5
It would be simple enough to get a ferret to pee on a stick. Just tell them that the stick is not for peeing. Then leave it lying around. It will get wet quite quickly. little 's. simple enough. Too funny, because it's too true. (headwall) To get pee or poop samples, I isolate the fert and put in a clean litter box with no litter. Unless looking for protein in urine, it doesn't matter much if they mix. Home urine test strips only test for a few values. The pregnancy hormone would not be present if there was no pregnancy or falsie. I have to research whether it's present in phantoms, but it wouldn't surprise me. in which case my scheme is invalid. What is the ratio of false positives for pregnancy tests? False positives due to defective test kits are pretty rare, but failure to accurately follow directions, especially timing, not so rare. Also, in humans, at least, up to 25% of pregnancies end up in early miscarriages, or "chemical pregnancies." These could show as positive at first, if enough hormone (human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)) was present.
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