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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2016 17:05:59 GMT -5
How far in advance of a feeding can Pancreatin be added? I need to lodge my fuzzies at the vet's for a few hours and want to simply their care as much as possible. If I could add the Pancreatin myself before I take them, it would be ideal. I have to drop them off at 8 AM. They eat around 2 PM. Thank you.
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Post by katt on Mar 22, 2016 19:25:52 GMT -5
How far in advance of a feeding can Pancreatin be added? I need to lodge my fuzzies at the vet's for a few hours and want to simply their care as much as possible. If I could add the Pancreatin myself before I take them, it would be ideal. I have to drop them off at 8 AM. They eat around 2 PM. Thank you. That should be fine to add it to the meat before you drop them off. Is there a reason you are adding it though?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2016 9:09:52 GMT -5
Thank you. One has IBD with bloody stools.
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Post by abbeytheferret6 on Mar 25, 2016 12:01:26 GMT -5
jawjahpeach, have you thought about novel proteins? I know my vet thought Abbey had IBS and wanted me to grind up the bones with her meat. In other words, just eat grinds. I did not ask why like I should have, but figured to help tone down stomach acids for breaking down bones. Mice with fur and ASF rats with fur helps her pooh. They really look great when eating them. Chicken is out except hearts, which I give anyway. Hearts always results in liquid poohs ---even duck hearts.
Don't know if this will help.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2016 14:57:51 GMT -5
Thanks abbeytheferret6. I am new to this and don't yet know about novel proteins.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2016 15:02:07 GMT -5
Considering the predisposition of ferrets to tumors and cancers, are Reishi mushrooms ever given as a preventative?
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Post by abbeytheferret6 on Mar 29, 2016 4:41:51 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2016 18:35:04 GMT -5
Considering the predisposition of ferrets to tumors and cancers, are Reishi ever given as a preventative?
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Post by abbeytheferret6 on Mar 30, 2016 19:16:07 GMT -5
I had a ferret with pancreatic cancer, which is isulinoma. To prevent insulinoma, a ferrets needs to be off kibble, which is high in carbs. I do not think anything like that is going to prevent cancer that is carb related.
Adrenal tumors are believed to be linked to spaying and neutering of ferrets. I do not know if they have determined an age that is safe to do this without them being affected. Exposing ferrets to artificial light after dark also is thought to have an affect on adrenal tumors. Then coupling the two---not good.
Not all ferrets get Lymphoma, so I would not treat a ferret for something it may never get. These are the 3 big illnesses .
Maybe someone else will chime in.
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Post by maja01 on Mar 31, 2016 4:57:25 GMT -5
I don't give them as preventive to healthy ferrets, I gave them to ferrets with some kind of diagnose (cancer, IBD)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2016 10:56:08 GMT -5
Considering the predisposition of ferrets to tumors and cancers, are Reishi ever given as a preventative? I have not had the need for Reishi but here is an older thread with some more information: holisticferret60.proboards.com/thread/2627
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2016 16:09:04 GMT -5
BGs have been acceptable and stable for the month that we've been on this makeshift diet. Stools have had minimal or no blood. She did have pneumonitis a week ago. Other than than she has done well. She has explored some when she's been awake. Other than that she eats and sleeps. I've placed orders for the food I need to get started on raw. One of the grocery stores forgot to order, but hopefully did place the order for turkey and chicken hearts yesterday. This morning when I fed her at 4, I left her Carnivore Care a little thicker than usual. Since I crushed and mixed the Marshall's and Natural Gold trying to get her to transition over to NG, she has repeatedly refused to switch back from wet to dry and does not want much texture in her food. When she ate the CC, she gagged. I added some water to thin it. Otherwise, she seemed ok but I had a nagging feeling. I checked a BG. Took me forever to get even that tiny drop. I knew that was a bad sign. But she fought me the entire time. BG was 28. I gave her some Karo and sat up watching her sleep. She was ravenous at 8 AM. I switched her back to NG, thinking maybe she wasn't getting enough calories. She chowed down on it, even though I left it chunky. I checked her BG at 4 PM. It was 69. Her insulin levels keep coming back normal so I'm thinking that what I'm giving her is not meeting her nutritional needs, but I don't understand why it took a month for it to happen this time. The time before it was only 5 days. When I put her on Natural Gold or Zero Carb her stools get very bloody. When I take her off and put her on an alternative diet, stools clear up but we've now had 2 rounds of BGs taking nosedives. I still believe that raw is the way to got but my nerves are totally shot at this point. I could not stand the thought that something I did hurt her. By the same token, I couldn't stand by and let her colon be destroyed by whatever was making it bleed.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2016 17:03:32 GMT -5
A couple of months ago, before I found this forum, I was doing research on alternative diets to kibble. The nutritionist at Fromm told me I should give her 1/2 egg per day plus organ meats. Any thoughts on that amount of egg? I've noticed in this forum that most recommendations are for less than that.
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Post by bitbyter on Apr 9, 2016 17:08:24 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2016 17:46:13 GMT -5
Thanks, bitbyter. We are having issues with intermittent episodes of very low BGs with normal insulin levels. This happens every time I take her off kibble and try an alternative diet. I was looking for some high protein supplements. Boiled egg yolks seems to be the path of least resistance because she loves them and that was appealing to me. I know that eggs are considered nature's perfect food. I have also read that they can cause constipation.
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