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Post by rosegray on May 13, 2019 15:47:32 GMT -5
Loki is a 5 yo female ferret who was diagnosed with adrenal disease earlier this year. She has an implant and she was showing so much progression up until now. She had gained weight, her hair grew back, her appetite was great. Now it’s the complete opposite, she’s dropped massive amount of weight and won’t eat. She’s also doing this thing with her mouth where she opens and closes it and as she does that her eyes seem to pulsate. it’s very hard to explain but think of when your body gets a twitch and it seems to pulsate. She won’t eat so i’m force feeding her by syringe. I’m aware she needs to go into the vet and i’m currently trying to scrap together money. I’d like to see if anyone knows what this might be?
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Post by rosegray on May 13, 2019 15:53:52 GMT -5
Loki is a 5 yo female ferret who was diagnosed with adrenal disease earlier this year. She has an implant and she was showing so much progression up until now. She had gained weight, her hair grew back, her appetite was great. Now it’s the complete opposite, she’s dropped massive amount of weight and won’t eat. She’s also doing this thing with her mouth where she opens and closes it and as she does that her eyes seem to pulsate. it’s very hard to explain but think of when your body gets a twitch and it seems to pulsate. She won’t eat so i’m force feeding her by syringe. I’m aware she needs to go into the vet and i’m currently trying to scrap together money. I’d like to see if anyone knows what this might be? |
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Post by unclejoe on May 13, 2019 16:55:13 GMT -5
She should have her blood glucose checked ASAP. I'm thinking insulinoma which could explain weight loss and lack of appetite. The test isn't expensive, nor is the pred to treat it. Good luck.
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Post by Heather on May 14, 2019 10:50:55 GMT -5
When did she get the implant? It must be repeated every 6 months to be effective against adrenal. Also test BG before administering to rule out possible insulinoma
ciao
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Post by rosegray on May 16, 2019 7:02:50 GMT -5
When did she get the implant? It must be repeated every 6 months to be effective against adrenal. Also test BG before administering to rule out possible insulinoma ciao it’s not time for her implant renewal yet. i’ve been thinking insulinoma as well. however would that explain her odd facial pulsation? |
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Post by abbeytheferret6 on May 16, 2019 21:29:25 GMT -5
Bless her little heart---have you showed video to your vet? Very important to get your little one's blood sugar checked---really anyone that implants their ferrets. My vet said one of her client's ferret had a crash (blood sugar dropped). So the des implant lowers cortisol level in ferrets with insulinoma. Ferrets who have insulinoma have high levels of cortisol. This high cortisol is nature's way of trying to keep the ferrets sugar level stabilized. According to my vet and drawing blood from the neck is more accurate than the prick. If they do not get a good sample from the prick it can be off really bad as that happened to me. Because my boy was just 1.5 yrs old they decided to do a neck draw. It was in the 30's with prick and 80's with the other, so I am just a little gun shy now. While this will not keep ferrets from getting adrenal disease---always put little one up at night(no lights on) and have little dark areas for them to sleep during day---- an opaque bin with blanket in it, a dark cover for top of your cage. please let us know how your little one is doing  |
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Post by Sherry on May 17, 2019 8:46:09 GMT -5
That video is tooth grinding, meaning she's nauseated and/or in pain.
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