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Posted 6/30/2009 4:24:10 PM
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Hi. My name is Marie.  I have 4 ferrets (Aurora, Vladimir, Thor and Jack). 

Aurora is my oldest.  She is 6 years old.  I know she's getting up there in age and that comes with problems. The last 2 months she has been having lathargy spells and she pants and drools.  Nutra-cal and honey will pull her out after a while.  My dr gave my liquid predizone for her for when she has these spells.  He has done 2 blood tests on her. The first 1 showed her blood sugars were very very low.  The second 1 showed her normal.  Both tests were taken after 1 of her spells.  He's not sure is she's hypoglycimic (if I spelled that right) or if it's something else.  He's leaning towards the hypoglyicimia being that she responds to the honey.

Vladimir is my youngest.  He's 1 1/2 years old.  In the last month he dropped a lot of weight.  So off to the vet we go.  We did a stool sample to see if I may have accidently brought home paricites (I work at an animal shelter) but that came back negative.  So back we go.  He lost more weight in just 2 weeks.  The dr. did a urin sample and a blood test.  The urin looked good, the blood test he said had something in it that was kind of high, which usually means paracites or allergies.  Being that we already ruled out paracites, he thinks it's allergies.  He said to put him on ferretvite and liquid child's benadril.  Which he's been on since friday.  He goes back in 2 weeks to weigh in to see if that is working.  I have been noticing that he's been sleeping a bit more. And I noticed that before I started the benadril.

I was basicly just wondering if anyone has encountered an of these symptoms and what you think it may be.  Also Vladimir is not decented and he seems to be poofing more and for no reasson.

Any sugestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

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Posted 8/2/2009 3:30:58 PM
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sounds like it could be insulinoma-my ferret has had it for 1 year/7 months-he is on prednisone and pepcid every day(I have the meds compounded at a pharmacy to taste like chicken)he is almost 8 now-check with your vet-good luck-
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Posted 8/17/2009 8:39:30 PM
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I think Aurora seems to have insulinoma, (I have no experience in the insulinoma area, but her symptoms seem to fit perfectly with insulinoma symtomatology)... About Vladimir, you may want to ask your vet if Vladimir may have a blockage. I just returned home with my Blizzard after she had surgegry to remove a massive hairball that completely blocked her intestine! Event though I watch her while she plays and make sure she eats no foreign objects, during time this mass of hair was formed. She was lethargic, tired, lost LOTS of weight, due to dehydration and lack of appetite. I really hope this is not Vladimir's case, but it does not hurt to ask the vet. Also, could he have hormonal issues like adrenal disease? I would check for dehydration (by lightly pinching some skin which should snap back if he is hydrated or stay up if he is dehydrated). Since he is so young I'd definitely check with the vet if there is the possibility of a partial blockage.

Good luck!
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where do you get the meds mixed like that, thats great
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