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Post by Sherry on Dec 1, 2019 9:17:49 GMT -5
For a little one with insulinoma, that isn't bad on a 4.5 hr fast.
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Post by Corvidophile on Dec 1, 2019 18:06:23 GMT -5
I’m just pleased that his numbers aren’t trending downwards. It’s hard to get a good view with outliers like last time in the 90’s, but he seems to be testing around the mid seventies on average. I’d get a home testing kit if my husband’s for diabetes wasn’t so variable- he can get different readings by 15 points from different fingers, so I just don’t trust pinprick amounts of blood from extremities in the body to give a good enough result compared to the larger amount drawn from the jugular at the vet.
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Post by unclejoe on Dec 2, 2019 21:48:57 GMT -5
that's ok. we had one that lived to 7 1/2, on pred for 2 yrs, and her avg BG was in the 50s most of that time
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Post by Corvidophile on Jan 3, 2020 13:15:55 GMT -5
Swung lower today, glucose of 67 five and a half hours after eating/meds.
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Post by unclejoe on Jan 3, 2020 20:57:36 GMT -5
fuzz may adjust to a lower BG. Insulinoma is not curable, but it is manageable. watch for clinical signs. Abita has been on prednisolone for 2 years and Mogli for over a year.
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Post by Corvidophile on Feb 6, 2020 15:34:24 GMT -5
Too low this time- 49, seven hours after meds and one hour after eating. Upping the prednisolone to 2.5 mgs.
Edit: I meant 0.25 mgs!
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Post by Sherry on Feb 8, 2020 9:38:55 GMT -5
That is low Poor lad.
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Post by Corvidophile on Mar 6, 2020 12:03:49 GMT -5
New dose is successful for now, tested 75 this time, four hours after eating and meds.
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Post by Corvidophile on Apr 3, 2020 10:45:32 GMT -5
This month was 69, four hours after eating and meds. Still sticking to 2.5 mgs for now.
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Post by Corvidophile on May 1, 2020 10:50:53 GMT -5
Good number this month, 78 four and a half hours after eating and meds.
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Post by miamiferret2 on May 4, 2020 21:46:27 GMT -5
I watch more for symptoms and how the ferret is behaving. Some are slugs and barely move with a BG of 75. Others are still moving about and doing their thing with a BG of less than 60. I try not to let my insulinoma ferrets go more than 4 hours without food. Sometimes you have to try a different medication. They don't all respond the same. Try dexamethasone instead of pred. Try diazoxide (proglycem). I gave Pediapred and diazoxide simultaneously to one of my ferrets. It worked and it increased his BG. The prednisolone alone was not helping to control his BG. It was a roller coaster as you describe.
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Post by Corvidophile on May 5, 2020 17:33:09 GMT -5
Never heard of these meds before, I’ll have to bring them up with the vet, thanks!
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Post by Corvidophile on May 25, 2020 11:57:10 GMT -5
BG of 76 two hours after eating and fourteen hours after a decreased dose (0.2) of meds. I ran out over Memorial Day weekend and had to go to an emergency vet to get more. Still keeping his regular appointment in a week and a few days time.
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Post by Corvidophile on May 29, 2020 17:27:07 GMT -5
Ok, so, went back to his regular vet and they say his current and sudden hair loss on the sides of his neck is adrenal. They ALSO say, let it be for now. To not implant him with superlorin unless he loses weight, has trouble peeing, or gets aggressive- signs that the glands are producing sex hormones. Because, the adrenal gland is currently overproducing cortisol, which is steadying his blood sugar much better lately and effectively treating the insulinoma, and that if we implant him we’d likely have to increase the prednisolone a lot. Does this make sense to you guys? Who’s had a ferret go both adrenal and insulinomic?
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Post by abbeytheferret6 on May 30, 2020 9:22:58 GMT -5
That is kind of what my vet said. She said ferrets with insulinoma have high cortisol, and that cortisol is nature's way of stabilizing their blood sugar levels. I had all my ferrets tested by way of the neck instead of the prick for readings on blood sugar as she told me that way is more accurate.
If any of my ferrets had insulinoma, I would not implant because it could trigger a seizure.
I did not know adrenal disease stimulated cortisol too.
A little info on the prick method tech messed up on prick and did not get enough blood for reading and showed extremely low and because ferret was just 1 1/2 yr old they did it by way of neck and it was totally different.
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